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MEMO TO THE
SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE (SPT)
FROM
TO
SUBJECT
DATE
OPCAT BRAZIL RESEARCH PROJECT – ALEXA MAGEE, BRETT GEORGE,
MISBAH RASHID, PERLA FRIAS, SARAH LITTLE, AND CLAUDIA GONZALEZ,
SUPERVISED BY PROFESSOR DANIEL ROTHENBERG AND EMOLINE FOX,
PROGRAM COORDINATOR OF THE CENTER FOR LAW AND GLOBAL
AFFAIRS, SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR COLLEGE OF LAW, ARIZONA
STATE UNIVERSITY, USA
SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE PREVENTION OF TORTURE
PREPARATION FOR SITE VISIT TO MALI
July 11, 2011
This memo provides and overview of the online drop box which stores documents
useful for the Sub-Committee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) for the upcoming
visit to Mali.
The materials stored in the drop box were collected by members of the OPCAT Mali
Research Project of the Center for Law and Global Affairs at the Sandra Day O’Connor
College of Law at Arizona State University
Professor Rothenberg has invited the following people to access these documents:
o Victor Manuel Rodriguez Rescia
o Hernan Vales
o Michelle Kierulf
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
To access the files, simply accept the invitation to the drop box. If you have any
problems accessing this material, please contact the Center’s program coordinator,
Emoline Fox at [email protected]
SPT Drop Box – Folders and Sub-Folders
The drop box is organized into the following folders (some folders have sub-folders as
indicated below):
Academic Reports and Studies
IGO Documents
 State Department Reports
 Other
International NGO Documents
Mali Constitution
Mali Government Reports
Mali Laws and Regulations
Mali NGO Reports
News Reports and Articles
Websites
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SPT Drop Box – Overview of Documents in Folders and Sub-folders
Academic Reports and Studies
Annie Chikwanha, Mali Crime and Criminal Justice System Dissemination report, December 2008.
Annie Chikwanha, Mali’s Criminal Justice System, African Human Security Initiative, November
2008.
Servaas Feiertag, Guide to Legal Research in Mali, GlobaLex, NYU Law
Mechthild Nagel, Gender, Incarceration and Peacemaking in Mali, 2004.
Mechthild Nagel, African Prison Intellectuals and the Struggle for Freedom, 2 The Journal of Pan
African Studies 3, March 2008.
Shia and Annika Nilsson, Disability Rights in Mali, 30 January 2011.
Rachel Murray, The African Commissions Approach to Prisons, in Human Rights in African
Prisons, pp.204 – 223, (Jeremy Sarkin ed., 2008).
University of Minnesota Human Rights Library, The Status of Human Rights Organizations in
Sub-Saharan Africa, Mali. 2010.
IGO Documents
African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights, Mali Prisons Revisited, Report of the Special
Rapporteur on Prisons and Conditions of Detention in Africa, November – December 1998.
African Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights, Promotional visit to the Republic of Mali,
April 2004.
Library of Congress – Federal Research Division, Country Profile: Mali, Jan. 2005
The World Organization Against Torture, Violence against Women in Mali: A Report to the
Human Rights Committee, 25 March 2003.
UNICEF, Mali: huge efforts to keep children out of prison, 23 October 2009.
State Department Reports
US Department of State [USDS], Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor, 2006 Human Rights Report: Mali, March 6, 2007
US Department of State [USDS], Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor, 2007 Human Rights Report: Mali, March 11, 2008
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US Department of State [USDS], Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor, 2008 Human Rights Report: Mali, February 25, 2009
US Department of State [USDS], Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor, 2009 Human Rights Report: Mali, March 11, 2010
US Department of State [USDS], Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and
Labor, 2010 Human Rights Report: Mali, April 8, 2011
International NGO Documents
Amnesty Int’l, Mali: An unfair trial and torture with impunity compromise the establishment of the rule of
law, AI Index: AFR 37/001/1998, 30 September 1998. (In French and English)
Amnesty Int’l, Human Rights in the Republic of Mali, Amnesty International Report 2010 on
Mali, 2010.
Amnesty Int’l, Human Rights in the Republic of Mali, Amnesty International Report 2009 on
Mali, 2009.
Amnesty Int’l, Human Rights in the Republic of Mali, Amnesty International Report 2008 on
Mali, 2008.
Amnesty Int’l, Torture/Prison Conditions/Legal Concern, AI Index: AI Index: AFR 37/01/91,
29 January 1991.
Association Soeur Emmanuelle (ASMAE), Mali : Developing the mother to child relationship in
prison, Bimonthly Newsletter No. 8 - September 2010.
Association Soeur Emmanuelle (ASMAE), Annual Report 2009.
Freedom House Report, Mali’s Rights and Liberties Report, 2010.
International Cure, Mali Assessment, 2008.
People’s Movement for Human Rights Learning, From Kuru Kan Fukan to the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights to the Year 2000, Mali a Human Rights Nation, 2000.
Penal Reform International, Health in African Prisons, 1999.
The Pew Global Attitudes Project, World Public Welcome Global Trade – But not Immigration,
October 4, 2007.
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Mali Constitution
Constitution of Mali (French and English)
Mali Government Reports
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Female Genital Mutilation.
Africa Dept., Sahel and West Africa, 2010.
Ministry of Justice, Mali, Prisons: The Reflex of Human Rights, Programme Décennal de
Développement de la Justice (PRODEJ), 2010.
Ministry of Justice, Mali, Protection of Human Rights is a Strong Demand in Prison, Programme
Décennal de Développement de la Justice (PRODEJ), 2010.
Ministry of Justice, Mali, Reforms Juridiques et Judicaires la Quete de la Credibilite (Legal and
Judicial Reforms, The Quest for Credibility, Programme Décennal de Développement de la
Justice (PRODEJ), 2010.
Commission National Des Droits De L’Home (CNDH), Rapport Annuel 2010 Sur La
Situation des Droits de L’Homme au Mali, 2010.
The programme Gouvernance partagée de la sécurité et de la paix (PGPSP), Gender and
Security in Mali: Taking Stock and Finding New Perspectives, 26 March 2011.
Bureau International Catholique de L’Engance andKinderrechte Afrika e.V, Recueil sur la
minorite: Analyse et commentaries de la legislation applicable aux enfants contrvenants, en danger ou
victims d’infraction, Mali, 2010, Ministere de la promotion de la Femme, de L’Engant et de
la Famille et La Ministere de la Justice
Mali Laws and Regulations
Mali Penal Code (French)
Mali Criminal Procedure (French)
Mali Military Justice Code (French)
Le Cadre National de Pilotage du Curriculum de la formation du Parajuriste (CNPCP),
Mali, Curriculum National de Formation du Parajuriste au Mali (National Curriculum for Paralegal
Training in Mali).
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Mali NGO Reports
Bureau International Catholique de L’Engance andKinderrechte Afrika e.V, Recueil sur la
minorite: Analyse et commentaries de la legislation applicable aux enfants contrvenants, en danger ou
victims d’infraction, Mali, 2010, Ministere de la promotion de la Femme, de L’Engant et de
la Famille et La Ministere de la Justice.
News Reports and Articles
Mamadou Kaba, Mali's press: The paradox of its two faces, Committee to Protect
Journalists, 9 Aug 2010.
HIV & Hepatitis Education Prisons Project (HEPP), Human Papillomavirus Infections
in Incarcerated Women, vol. 1, issue 5, January 2005.
IRIN Africa, MALI: Violence against women on rise, 2 October 2008.
IRIN Africa, MALI: Female circumcision and early marriage violate human rights,
women activists say, 14 June 2005.
Julia Noguchi, HIV Management in a Malian Women's Prison, Infectious Diseases in
Corrections Report, Vol 7, Issue 5, May 2004.
l'Association malienne des droits de l'Homme (L’AMDH), Rapport 2008-2009-2010 sur
la situation des droits humains au Mali, BamaNet, 2 December 2010.
MaliWeb, Rapport 2010 sur la Situation des Droits de l’Homme au Mali :La Cellule de
Sûreté de la SE ne mérite plus d’exister, Chiaka Doumbia, Le Challenger, 6 June 2011.
Websites:
List of websites
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