Several hundred detainees are being held in administrative detention for indefinite renewable periods.

There were still several hundred detainees in administrative detention for periods renewable indefinitely.

(b) The need to provide for a limited period of detention, if not already provided by legislation, and the necessity of applying the restrictive period, where provided for, strictly, to ensure that the detention is not prolonged unreasonably

With respect to the detention periods, the Government stated that the maximum detention period for a general crime was 30 days.

163. Very often people detained at the disposal of the executive during states of emergency, especially on grounds of security and frequently on a preventive basis, remain in detention indefinitely.

He was reportedly being detained pursuant to Decree No. 2 of 1984 which allows for indefinite detention without charge.

The initial period of administrative detention is six months and may be renewed indefinitely by the competent military officer.

It was believed that he was held under the State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree, No. 2, of 1984 which allows for the incommunicado detention without charge or trial for an indefinite period of time.

The report claimed further that Israel held more than 100 Palestinians and Lebanese under administrative detention orders which could be extended indefinitely.

In the event of detention, the order was valid for a period of 30 days (art. 41).

EXECS' RELEASE PENDING PROSECUTOR RUNNING OUT OF TIME

As regards administrative detention, it appears that the authority given to the Executive power, by law, to place a person in an administrative detention for a six month period which may be renewed indefinitely, constitutes in itself an abuse of power conferring on the detention an arbitrary character.

Payment of the fine is an essential condition for release in the absence of payment, detention is prolonged indefinitely.

The fact that this provision does not set a time limit for administrative detention should not be interpreted as allowing for unlimited laxity, since the principles of reasonableness and proportionality and the very spirit of the provision dictate that the period in question should be as brief as possible, i.e., not more than a few days, as this is the only conceivable interpretation of promptly after detention .

(ii) Extension of detention periods and absence of the right of appeal

These periods apply before an indictment has been issued, after which there is no time limit to the period of detention.

Under State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree No. 2 of 1984, such detainees may be held indefinitely, incommunicado and without an opportunity to challenge the legality of their detention.

Many countries continue to detain asylum seekers for indefinite periods following a purely administrative decision and without adequate provision for timely review of any continuation of the detention.

In practice, the authorities do not strictly observe these limits on detention.

The courts were also said seldom to enforce the legal limits on the duration of detention periods.

In the operative part of the Act, retroactivity applies to detention periods.

(b) The entire process of detention, including reasons for detention, renewal of periods of detention and treatment of detainees

What'll we do? We can't keep holding them.

You may be in Casablanca indefinitely.

Specific periods of detention and mandatory reviews have been introduced, and the legally admissible maximum term of detention on remand preceding a trial has been limited to three months for juveniles (one year in the case of serious crimes).

The Committee remains concerned that despite the reduction in the number of persons held in administrative detention on security grounds, persons may still be held for long and apparently indefinite periods of time in custody without trial.

Please provide information on how many women are in mandatory detention and for how long, and what is being done or contemplated to alleviate the plight of women in mandatory detention.

It was established that none of these persons had been subjected to torture or ill treatment during detention, and that M. Karaça had not been detained with the other persons.

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.

In several districts, there are reports of detainees being kept beyond the legal time limit of 10 days for alleged homicide.

The latter said that they could not monitor all the actions of the police bodies, but that they did have access to the daily list of prison admissions, which has to give the detainee apos s identity and the cause and date of the detention, which enables the Public Prosecutor s Office to verify the deadline for pre trial detention.

The source feared that the second administrative detention order could be once again renewed since the Military order legislation authorizes a Military Commander to issue an order of administrative detention for a period of up to 12 months, and permits their renewal for indefinite lengths of time.

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

CARICOM heads of State or Government, meeting in February of this year, stated that the indefinite detention of Lavalas leaders and activists of which the detention of Mr. Neptune is the most glaring example can be construed only as arbitrary detention on the basis of political affiliation.

During their inquiries the police can hold someone in custody for up to 15 days and, if they decide that the proper completion of the investigation so requires, they can extend this period indefinitely.

This deadline expired on 2 February 1995, but the detainee apos s release was not ordered.

Nuclear weapon States should not assume that the indefinite extension of the NPT in 1995 gives them carte blanche to retain nuclear weapons indefinitely.

60. The right to liberty and security of the person is not protected owing to Decree No. 2 of 1984, under which individuals may be detained indefinitely.

Reportedly, he has been placed under administrative detention for six months, a period which was later renewed by another six month detention order.

It can be arbitrary because the persons detained are shown no warrant, given no reason for their arrest and have severely limited access to legal counsel.

The same Law further provides for the detention to continue for a period not exceeding one year at a time up to a total of five years.

The three month detention could be renewed once without magisterial approval and further periods of removal were allowed with the approval of a competent judge .

Finally, the Committee wishes to emphasize that the Convention requires that detention be a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.

Finally, the Committee wishes to emphasize that the Convention requires that detention be a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time.

(a) The period of time in which detained persons are to be brought before a judge should be reduced from eight to no more than four days