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Tom Daems

Tom Daems is Professor of Criminology at KU Leuven and Director of the Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium.


Olivia Nederlandt is Professor of Criminal Law at UCLouvain Saint-Louis – Bruxelles, Belgium.


Aurore Vanliefde De Keyser is Postdoctoral FWO Fellow at the Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium.

Preventing Torture and Monitoring Places of Detention

Preventing Torture and Monitoring Places of Detention

This collection marks the 20th anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT). It focusses on one major component of a growing network of monitoring bodies, that is, the establishment of NPMs (National Preventive Mechanisms) in a European context.