Detention - OHCHR In addition, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (part of Special Procedures) is the only non-treaty-based UN mechanism with the power to investigate specific complaints and appeals for urgent action The Office collaborates with the Working Group to bring attention to the issue of arbitrary detention, with the goal of ending the practice
Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in . . . Offshore detention facilities are not human-rights free zones for the State party, which remains bound by the provisions of the Covenant,” said El Haiba The Committee called on Australia to provide adequate compensation to the victims and take steps to ensure that similar violations do not recur
Experts call for release of Guantánamo Bay detainee Abu Zubaydah . . . He has been held at the Guantánamo Bay detention facility, without any charge ever been formally pressed against him “We are exceptionally requesting a Presidential pardon for Mr Abu Zubaydah, owing to his treatment while in detention and the lack of due process since he was first detained,” the experts said
OHCHR and detention | OHCHR Arbitrary detention exposes the victim to the possibility of further violations, including torture or other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment; enforced and involuntary disappearances; and extrajudicial execution Thousands of persons are subjected to arbitrary detention each year This may be because:
UN report: Palestinian detainees held arbitrarily and secretly . . . Conditions in military-run detention facilities appear worse, the report states, adding children were among those held, in some cases jointly with adults Detainees said they were held in cage-like facilities, stripped naked for prolonged periods, wearing only diapers
International standards on detention | OHCHR International human rights law provides a clear and universal framework relating to detention, enshrined by the following standards: Universal Declaration of Human Rights; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Human Rights Committee General Comment 35, Article 9 (Liberty and Security of Person)
’Web of Agony’: UN Commission’s report unveils depths of former . . . It presents the Commission's most comprehensive analysis to date of detention-related violations by the former government, leaving a legacy of trauma and suffering for the Syrian people Despite the overthrow of the former government last month, agony persists for tens of thousands of families who did not find their missing relatives among the
Le HCDH et la détention | OHCHR A HRC 44 37 : Coopération technique et renforcement des capacités pour promouvoir et protéger les droits des personnes privées de liberté : application de l’Ensemble de règles minima des Nations Unies pour le traitement des détenus et des Règles des Nations Unies concernant le traitement des détenues et l’imposition de mesures non privatives de liberté aux délinquantes - Rapport
Türkiye: Concern at widespread detentions | OHCHR We are very concerned by the detention of at least 92 people by the Turkish authorities over the past week, including Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s democratically-elected mayor, who is facing corruption charges and has been removed from office These detentions triggered country-wide demonstrations that were met with unlawful blanket bans on protests in three cities Over 1,000 people have