The lack of audio visual equipment in detention facilities was regrettable.

He requested statistics on the numbers of female detainees in pre trial and correctional detention facilities.

Political prisoners were still being held in various prisons and, although the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) had been allowed access to many detention facilities throughout the country, it had not been granted access to most national security facilities.

Access for human rights officers to military intelligence and national security and intelligence services detention facilities remains problematic.

Based on information provided by AIHRC, the Government has closed down about 36 of these illegal detention facilities.

Where there are no local detention facilities, women accused of crimes are also placed in private detention , usually in the house of the head of a village, where they are treated as prisoners and forced to work for the family.

NGOs had, however, reported a decrease in access to detention facilities since that transfer of responsibility.

On the other hand, so far the Committee has not been allowed to visit nor granted access to all of the detention facilities in Kosovo and Metohija.

As at 23 June 2005, 58 persons were being detained at the Tribunal's detention facility, and 21 persons were on provisional release.

Visits to detention facilities, in particular police cachots, have revealed several irregularities and human rights violations.

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.

As at 29 July 2005, all families with children were moved from immigration detention facilities and placed in the community under residence determination arrangements.

However, in Western Darfur, Government military intelligence officials have informed human rights officers that instructions had been issued to refuse access to military barracks, including detention facilities, by all foreigners.

In addition to accessing regular prison facilities, the State Director of National Security in Nyala (southern Darfur) allowed UNMIS to visit the town's national security detention facility for the first time.

The statement also calls for a role for the Afghan judiciary in ensuring that detainees enjoy the protection of the law and encourages access by AIHRC to detention facilities.

The Prison and Detention Centre Law, which was passed on 31 May 2005, stipulated that men and women in detention should be in separate facilities with special attention to women with children.

We are committed to the development and maintenance of fair and efficient criminal justice institutions, including the humane treatment of all those in pre trial and correctional facilities, in accordance with applicable international standards.

Furthermore, it must broaden and strengthen cooperation with human rights officers in all aspects of their work, including facilitating free and unfettered access to all detention facilities.

5.2 With regard to the conditions of detention, the Committee takes note of the author's uncontested allegation that he was kept in a wet and dirty cell without a bed, table or any sanitary facilities.

AIHRC has expressed some concern over the ability of Afghan law enforcement agencies to deal with these detainees according to the law as well as the issue of independent access to detention facilities.

Detention

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

On occasion, in order to deny the Special Rapporteur the unimpeded access described above, it has been argued that national legislation restricts access to facilities except for a select number of enumerated individuals.

(m) About the lack of systematic medical examination of detainees within 24 hours of their admission to prison, the poor medical care in detention facilities, and the lack of training for medical personnel and prison medical personnel, not under the authority of the Ministry of Public Health

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

Illegal detention

B. Pretrial detention

Arbitrary detention

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

Subject matter Torture to obtain a confession, prison conditions, death from tuberculosis in detention

Child care facilities.

Conscious also of the commitment expressed in the Bangkok Declaration to the development and maintenance of fair and efficient criminal justice institutions, including the humane treatment of all those in pre trial and correctional facilities, in accordance with applicable international standards,

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In other cases, individuals who were captured and later released with no charges have reported abusive acts by CF, including being handcuffed, hooded, earmuffed and roughly handled while being transported to detention facilities.

In cases where the administrative expulsion of an alien became impossible, the person concerned could stay in the country temporarily, subject to certain restrictions. Moreover, the regularization of alien documentation was helping to reduce congestion in police holding facilities and improve detention conditions.

(e) Reduce the length of pre trial detention

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

There are facilities of clean drinking water.