Togo – Researched and compiled by the Refugee Documentation Centre of Ireland on 4 April 2014. Information on Togo under the following headings: 1. Prisons/Detention/Torture/Slavery 2. State Protection 1. Prisons/Detention/Torture/Slavery Amnesty International (15 May 2013) Togo: Excessive use of force and death in custody http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR57/002/2013/en Atlas of Torture (20 March 2014) Togo http://www.univie.ac.at/bimtor/countrysituations/181 New Internationalist (26 February 2014) Prison reform promised in Togo http://newint.org/features/web-exclusive/2014/02/26/prison-reform-togo/ United States Department of State (27 February 2014) Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2013, Togo http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/humanrightsreport/index.htm#wrapper 2. State Protection Bertelsmann Stiftung (1 January 2014) BTI 2014, Togo Country Report http://www.bti-project.org/reports/country-reports/wca/tgo/index.nc Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (26 March 2014) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders: Mission to Togo http://www.ohchr.org/en/countries/africaregion/pages/tgindex.aspx Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (20 December 2013) Togo: Navi Pillay calls for greater respect of human rights in the administration of justice http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=14132&La ngID=E This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Refugee Documentation Centre within time constraints. This response is not and does not purport to be conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please read in full all documents referred to. Sources Consulted Amnesty International BBC News Electronic Immigration Network European Country of Origin Information Network Freedom House Google Human Rights Watch Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre International Crisis Group IRIN News Lexis Nexis Minority Rights Group International Online Newspapers Refugee Documentation Centre E-Library Refugee Documentation Centre Query Database Reliefweb Reuters United Kingdom Home Office United States Department of State UNHCR Refworld .