Societal Problems → Detention
Organizations relating to Detention
European Prison Education Association / Nieuwegein, Netherlands / Est. 1991
African Jurists' Association / Dakar, Senegal / Est. 1979
Asociación Internacional de Prisiones y Correcciones Capitulo Latinoamericano / Est. 2011
Comité international de Mauthausen / Vienna, Austria / Est. 1953
Comité international de Dachau / Herentals, Belgium / Est. 1958
Comité européen pour la prévention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou dégradants / Strasbourg, France / Est. 1987
International Neuengamme Committee / Hamburg, Germany / Est. 1956
Nordic Contact Concerning State Building Activities / Copenhagen, Denmark / Est. 1962
International Committee Buchenwald Dora and Commandos / Montreuil, France / Est. 1952
Kairos Prison Ministry International / DeBary FL, USA / Est. 1976
Anarchist Black Cross Network / Est. 2001
International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1883
American Outlaws Association / Est. 1935
Sports Rights Owners Coalition / London, UK
European Penitentiary Training Academies Network / The Hague, Netherlands / Est. 2010
European Prison Litigation Network / Paris, France / Est. 2013
International Centre for Prison Studies, London / London, UK / Est. 1997
International Association of Former Soviet Political Prisoners and Victims of the Communist Regime / Brooklyn NY, USA / Est. 1992
Europese Organisatie ter Bescherming van de Rechtspositie van Gedetineerden / Arnhem, Netherlands / Est. 1992
International Real Property Foundation / Chicago IL, USA / Est. 1992
Prison Watch International / Est. 1990
Prisonniers Sans Frontières / Paris, France / Est. 1995
Just Detention International / Los Angeles CA, USA / Est. 1980
Association of International Property Professionals / London, UK
Nordiska Fängelsefunktionärers Union
British Commonwealth Association of Prisoners' Aid Society / Est. 1951
International Prisoners' Aid Union / Est. 1894
Association pénitentiaire africaine
Asociatiei Internationale a Fostilor Detinuti Politici si Victimelor Communismului / Bucharest, Romania
Interallied Federation of Escapists in War / Est. 1928
Fédération des combattants alliés en Europe / Orroir, Belgium / Est. 1968
Fédération internationale des anciens prisonniers politiques du fascisme / Est. 1946
Consultative Committee for Reading Facilities for Prisoners of War and Internees / Est. 1940
Kula II Fund for the Pacific Region / Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea / Est. 1997
International Network of Prison Ministries / Costa Mesa CA, USA
International Association of Correctional Officers / Lincoln NE, USA / Est. 1977
International Prison Ministry / Costa Mesa CA, USA / Est. 1969
Fondation Auschwitz - Centre d'études et de documentation / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1980
Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the Redemption of Captives / Rome, Italy / Est. 1198
Convention Benelux en Matière de Propriété Intellectuelle / Est. 2005
Treaty on the Protection of Movable Property of Historic Value / Est. 1935
Central American Treaty for the Protection of Industrial Property / Est. 1968
International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Immunity of State-owned Vessels / Est. 1926
Treaty Respecting Literary, Artistic and Industrial Property / Est. 1901
Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War / Est. 1949
Convention Concerning the Transfer to the French State of the Property in the Sites of British Monuments / Est. 1938
International Convention Against the Taking of Hostages / Est. 1979
Agreement on Literary and Artistic Property / Est. 1911
International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Arrest of Sea-going Ships / London, UK / Est. 1952
Convention on Patents of Invention, Drawings and Industrial Models, Trademarks, and Literary and Artistic Property / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1906
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World Problems relating to Detention
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialInadequate prison conditions and penal systems
Imprisonment
Prisoners of conscience
Maltreatment of prisoners by fellow inmates
Non-epidemic typhus
Escape from official detention
Privatization of prisons
Inadequate prison capacity
Detention of refugees and asylum-seekers
Prison deaths
Solitary confinement
Detention of family of testifiers
Non-repatriation of prisoners of war
Mentally ill prisoners
Abuse of prison labour
Infringement of rights of prisoners
Non-settled refugees
Beating of prisoners
Torture through confinement
Forced disappearance of persons
Ill treatment of prisoners of war
Harassment of journalists
Maltreatment of prisoners
Physical insecurity of refugees and asylum-seekers
Violation of immunities of international civil servants
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