Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 21
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The use of shackles and handcuffs on pregnant women during labour and immediately after childbirth is absolutely prohibited and representative of the failure of the prison system to adapt protocols to unique situations faced by women (A/HRC/17/26/Add.5 and Corr.1). When used for punishment or coercion, for any reason based on discrimination or to cause severe pain, including by posing serious threats to health, such treatment can amount to torture or ill-treatment.
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment