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International Standards - Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

The legal status of the prevention of arbitrary detention is based on the following international human rights provisions:

  • Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  • International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
  • Body of principles for the protection of all persons under any form of detention or imprisonment
  • Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
  • United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty
  • United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice (“The Beijing Rules”)
  • Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 1951
  • Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees of 1967
  • International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
  • Convention on the Rights of the Child
  • Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment
  • International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
  • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • United Nations Basic Principles and Guidelines on remedies and procedures on the right of anyone deprived of their liberty to bring proceedings before a court (A/HRC/30/37)

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