Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 70j
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[With regard to women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in detention, the Special Rapporteur calls on all States to:] Ensure that strip and invasive body searches are conducted only when necessary and appropriate, by staff of the same gender with sufficient medical knowledge and skill to perform the search safely and respect the individual's privacy and dignity and in two steps (to ensure that the detainee is never fully unclothed), and to prohibit body searches of females by male staff;
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment