Read the Protocol

You can download the Istanbul Protocol [1] free of charge from the website of the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights in the following official languages (opens in a new window):

Arabic | English | French | Chinese | Russian | Spanish

For specific training and information activities, the OHCHR can send a limited number of hard copies free of charge. Please contact the information desk at the OHCHR through publications@ohchr.org.

The Istanbul Protocol is also available in the following unofficial translations:

• Azeri (PDF file - 3.6 Mb)
• Catalan (PDF file on the website of La Coordinadora para la Prevención de la Tortura, opens in a new window)
• Georgian (PDF file - 3.87 Mb)
• German (payment required, opens in a new window)
• Hebrew (PDF file - 2.2 Mb)
• Hungarian (PDF file on the website of the Cordelia Foundation, opens in a new window)
• Indonesian (PDF file - 0.7 Mb)
• Korean (PDF file - 1.6 Mb)
• Portuguese (PDF file - 2.1 Mb)
• Serbian (PDF file - 1.0 Mb)
• Turkish (PDF file - 1.3 Mb)

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1. OHCHR Professional Training Series No. 8/Rev. 1 "Istanbul Protocol: Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment"