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... and international authorities on detention-related issues, including the problem of prison overcrowding. ... detainees in prolonged pre-trial detention or who may be eligible, on humanitarian grounds, ...

• 2012-01-11
• Operational Update

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons

• Places
  • The Americas
    • Haiti

The administrative detention of persons believed to represent a threat to State security is also being more and more widely ... The administrative detention of persons believed to represent a threat ...

• 2010-03-23
• Section

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

... launched on 2 February in two Malagasy detention centres with support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). ... two Malagasy detention centres with support from the International ...

• 2012-02-07
• News Release

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health

• Places
  • Africa
    • Madagascar

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Julie Ashdown and Mel James Women in detention 31-03-2010 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, No. 877, ... 2010 Women in detention Julie Ashdown and Mel James Julie Ashdown is a freelance ...

• 2010-03-31
• Article
• by: Julie Ashdown and Mel James

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Women

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

• People
  • Women

The ICRC has been working in places of detention since 1915, today visiting 500,000 detainees in some 80 countries every year. ... The ICRC has been working in places of detention since 1915, today visiting ...

• 2010-10-28
• Film

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons
        • Torture

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons
        • Tuberculosis

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Prisoners of war and detainees

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Jelena Pejic Procedural principles and safeguards for internment/administrative detention in armed confl ict and other situations ... Administrative detention of persons believed to represent a threat ...

• 2005-06-30
• Article
• by: Jelena Pejic

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Civilians

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Development of IHL

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Each year since 2002, over 350 people visit their relatives detained in Namibian detention centres in relation to the events in ... As the Caprivi region is far away from the detention centres, ...

• 2011-11-08
• Feature

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Reuniting families

• Places
  • Africa
    • Namibia

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Charlotte Lindsey Women and war: the detention of women in wartime 30-06-2001 Article, International Review of the Red Cross, ... contribution elaborates on the situation of women in detention.

• 2001-06-30
• Article
• by: Charlotte Lindsey

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Protected persons
      • Women

• People
  • Women

... and despite repeated pleas, they are still facing seemingly indefinite detention beyond the reach of the law. ... placed within a legal framework which governs their continued detention.

• 2004-01-16
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Places
  • The Americas
    • United States

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

This document explains the purpose of the ICRC visits to US places of detention in Bagram (Afghanistan), ... to US places of detention in Bagram (Afghanistan), Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) and Charleston ...

• 2005-12-12
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Places
  • The Americas
    • United States

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

This document explains the purpose of the ICRC visits to US places of detention in Bagram (Afghanistan), ... to US places of detention in Bagram (Afghanistan), Guantanamo Bay (Cuba) and Charleston ...

• 2006-09-30
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Places
  • The Americas
    • United States

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

The ICRC has been visiting places of detention in the province for over 12 years. ... '' The ICRC will continue to visit places of detention in Katanga and in the rest of the country, ...

• 2009-03-06
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons

• Places
  • Africa
    • Congo-Kinshasa

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

... construction of biogas digesters in detention facilities with a view to improving waste management and sanitation while providing an ... in their efforts to improve conditions of detention.

• 2008-06-18
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Philippines

... deplores lack of progress on secret detention 12-05-2006 News Release 06/43 Geneva/Washington DC (ICRC) – ICRC President completes ... " No matter how legitimate the grounds for detention, there ...

• 2006-05-12
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Humanitarian diplomacy and communication

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Respect for IHL

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Terrorism

... people behind bars are protected against abuse and to bring a measure of humanity to places of detention. ... protected against abuse and to bring a measure of humanity to places of detention.

• 2010-09-15
• Operational Update

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Iraq

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Improving conditions of detention " Detention visits are the backbone of our operations in the Philippines, ... ICRC carried out 234 visits to over 66,000 detainees held in 139 places of detention.

• 2010-02-03
• Operational Update

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Philippines

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

... (ICRC) when it visits places of detention in Chad, the ICRC wishes to point out that all negotiations concerning access to those ... places of detention in Chad, the ICRC wishes to point out that ...

• 2008-03-04
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Places
  • Africa
    • Chad

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Finally, it illustrates the main points developed here with concrete examples drawn from real detention situations. Full text in PDF format (100kb) About Acrobat PDF files Body searches in detention ...

• 2006-09-30
• Miscellaneous
• by: Hernán Reyes

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

... BJMP) to implement national standards contained in the bureau's new manual for detention facilities. ... national standards contained in the bureau's new manual for detention facilities.

• 2010-11-18
• News Release
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Philippines

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

Knowing that overcrowding in detention facilities is a global problem, what makes the case of the Philippines special? Overcrowding is a very serious problem in the Philippines, where some detention ...

• 2010-04-21
• Interview

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Health
      • Health in prisons

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Philippines

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

... excerpts from a confidential report on detention in Iraq dated January 2004 and submitted by the ICRC to the Coalition Forces in February ... issues related to detention of people in US hands.

• 2004-05-08
• Press Briefing

• Places
  • Middle East
    • Iraq

Many of those captured in the context of the so-called War on Terror are being held at US detention facilities in Bagram and ... ICRC in Kandahar, Afghanistan The ICRC visited the US detention ...

• 2004-07-26
• Operational Update
• Archived page

• Topic
  • ICRC activities
    • Visiting detainees

• Topic
  • International humanitarian law
    • Contemporary challenges for IHL
      • Security detention

• Places
  • The Americas
    • United States

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

• People
  • Prisoners of war and detainees

On 17 April delegates of the ICRC decided to suspend a visit they had begun to a place of detention in Uzbekistan at the start of ... a place of detention in Uzbekistan at the start of the month as ...

• 2002-04-19
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Europe and Central Asia
    • Uzbekistan

... visits to 651 prisoners held by the Taliban militia in four places of detention in Kandahar province. The ICRC also received authorization to visit other Taliban places of detention at a later date ...

• 1995-05-09
• News Release
• Archived page

• Places
  • Asia and the Pacific
    • Afghanistan

Owing partly to security concerns and partly to the destruction of living quarters in the three places of detention, ... new places of detention and offer them the possibility of contacting their ...

• 2000-11-24
• News Release
• Archived page