Illegal detention

Preventative Detention

Arbitrary detention

Arbitrary detention

B. Pretrial detention

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Substantive issues Arbitrary detention right to take proceedings before court to challenge lawfulness of detention

Approximately 79 per cent of the overall cost for detention services relates to detention guards.

C. Children in detention

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A new preventative detention regime that allows detention for up to 48 hours in a terrorism situation.

There is continued concern about the situation of women in detention and the issue of illegal detention.

(i) Consider amending its legislation and practice relating to pre trial detention, so that such detention is imposed only as an exceptional measure, taking into account the recommendations on alternatives to pre trial detention adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in December 2003

(j) At the poor conditions of detention and long pre trial detention periods of up to three years

However, they did not present an arrest warrant, detention order, or any other written document justifying the detention.

Women who are under temporary detention and violate regulations of the detention center and thus are subject to punishment of isolated detention in a separate room will not be fettered like men.

The reason for his continued detention is that under Pakistani migration laws, an alien in detention in Pakistan cannot be released from detention unless and until he has been issued travel documents.

In response, UNHCR and its partners sought access to detention sites, reporting on conditions and exploring alternatives to detention.

(j) Improve conditions in places of detention, ensuring that they conform to international minimum standards, adopt necessary measures to reduce the pre trial detention period and continue to address overcrowding in places of detention

(a) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

The independent expert was informed of the persistence of torture and arbitrary detention, particularly in military installations or illegal detention centres.

(e) The date and time of admission to the place of detention and the authority responsible for the place of detention

She was able to challenge her detention before a court several times, but the courts did not find her detention unlawful.

So called enemy combatants remain in indefinite incommunicado detention without formal charges and are unable to challenge the basis of their detention.

Conditions of detention continued to be appalling.

Complaints regarding detention of individuals are filed

Subject matter Arbitrary detention in psychiatric institution

Baseless detention of humanitarian workers is unacceptable.

Furthermore, Mr. Ali has not been able, during his continued period of detention, to an effective review of the circumstances of his detention.

Particularly problematic developments since 11 September 2001 have included the indefinite, prolonged or incommunicado detention of terrorist suspects without access to courts, the unacknowledged or secret detention of suspected terrorists, and the detention of children in connection with anti terrorism measures.

As usual with orders for administrative detention in Egypt, the order did not contain any specific reasons for the detention of Mr. El Derini.

E. Rights of suspects and those in detention

He was arrested and placed in preliminary detention.

There is no question of any arbitrary detention'.

He was allegedly ill treated during his detention.

The lack of adequate detention and correctional facilities and the widespread illegal detention of individuals, especially women and children, continue to raise serious human rights concerns.

Subject matter Right to self determination of former British Southern Cameroon Arbitrary detention of separatist leader Conditions of detention Denial of right to vote in elections

1. No one shall be held in secret detention.

The detention registers are often not up to date.

Mr. Al Tamimi is being kept in incommunicado detention.

The source states that the legal framework concerning administrative detention of foreigners limits the duration of detention to a maximum of two years and that the judicial body supervising his detention has ordered his release on two separate occasions nevertheless, the authorities refuse to carry it out.

He was transferred to Moscow and taken to Pretrial Detention Centre No. 1, and on an unspecified subsequent date to Moscow Pretrial Detention Centre No. 2, for interrogation.

Arbitrary and prolonged pre trial detention remains frequent throughout Afghanistan.

The cumulative length of her detention now approaches ten years.