Publications
2023
- Birk, Moritz; Monina, Giuliana. 2023. Strategically Strengthening Procedural Rights. Challenges, Opportunities, Lessons Learned.
- Katona, Nora; Monina, Giuliana. 2023. From Law to Practice. Strengthening Procedural Rights in Police Custody – Right to Information.
2021
- Hamedl, Philipp; Monina, Giuliana. 2021. Monitoring Prison Violence [Vol. 1/Monitoring Prison Conditions in the EU].
2020
- Monina, Giuliana. 2020. Statement on the Occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
- Monina, Giuliana. 2020. Strengthening the prevention of torture in South-Eastern Europe.
- Nowak, Manfred; Monina, Giuliana: Defining Torture and the Obligation of Systematic Review in the CAT Treaty, in: Torture and Interrogation. Research on Efficacy and its Interplay with Legality and Morality, 2020: 21–36.
2019
- Monina, Giuliana; Katona, Nora. 2019. Strengthening the Rights of Suspects and Accused in Criminal Proceedings: The Role of National Human Rights Institutions.
- Nowak, Manfred (Hrsg.); Birk, Moritz (Hrsg.); Monina, Giuliana (Hrsg.). 2019. The United Nations Convention on Torture and Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment. A Commentary. [Buch]
- Nowak, Manfred; Monina, Giuliana: The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT), Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law, 2019.
2018
- Monina, Giuliana: “Judging” the grounds for detention of asylum seekers. Discrepancies between EU law and the ECHR. An analysis of the CJEU decisions of K. v. Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie and J.N. v. Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie, in: Asylum and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, 2018: 151–174.
Recent research projects
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Atlas of Torture: An Information and Cooperation Platform to Fight Torture and Ill-Treatment World-wide
Atlas of Torture aims to strengthen organizations and individuals in their work in the global fight against torture and ill-treatment.
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IMPACT: Strengthening the impact of national monitoring mechanisms in enhancing the rights of detainees with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities
The project focuses on enhancing the impact of national monitoring mechanisms in strengthening the rights of detainees with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities, and, thereby, contributes to preventing ill-treatment.
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Advancing Alternatives to Migration Detention through Raising the Quality of the ‘Risk Of Absconding’ Decision-Making – A Pilot Project
The project aims at strengthening alternatives to migration detention that can better protect the dignity and rights of people on the move.
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LGBTIQ Detainees – Strengthening the rights of LGBTIQ detainees in the EU
The project will raise awareness on and assess relevant standards as well as challenges, gaps and good practices with regard to the fundamental rights of LGBTIQ individuals in detention.
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FLIGHTRISK: Assessing the risk of flight during pre-trial detention
The project examines the most common reason for pre-trial detention in five EU member states: flight risk. The aim of the project is to identify and debunk causes for the increased ordering of pre-trial detention.
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JUSTICE FOR ALL: Enhancing the Rights of Defendants and Detainees with Intellectual and/or Psychosocial Disabilities. EU Cross-Border Transfers, Detention and Alternatives
The project aims to strengthen the rights of people with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities who are deprived of their liberty in a criminal justice context.
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From law to practice: Strengthening procedural rights in police custody (ProRPC)
The project contributes to an effective and human rights-compliant application of the EU procedural directives and thus to strengthening mutual trust in the legal systems of the member states.
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Consultation for the Austrian Development Co-operation in the thematic fields of Governance, Human Rights and Securing Peace
The project was designed to provide technical advice and support to the Austrian Development Agency and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in embedding human rights, democracy, good governance, and peacebuilding and conflict prevention in development cooperation.
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Open research behind closed doors: Assessing the impact of Covid-19 measures on persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities deprived of liberty
The project aimed to assess the challenges faced during the Covid-19 pandemic by persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities, who are detained as a result of their criminal behaviour and/or as a result of exemption of criminal responsibility due to their disability.
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Strengthening the rights of persons suspected or accused in criminal proceedings – the role of National Human Rights Institutions
The project examines the potential role NHRIs in implementing and monitoring the rights of suspects and accused persons in criminal proceedings, as set forth in EU directives.