RECOMMENDATION
The State party should strengthen its efforts to improve prison conditions, including by adopting a national strategy. In particular, the State party should reduce the high rate of overcrowding in its prisons, including by shortening the period of pretrial detention and by using alternative measures to the deprivation of liberty. The State party should establish a complaint mechanism for inmates with regard to their conditions of detention.
| Recommendation No: | ICCPR-19 |
|---|---|
| Recommendation Year: | 2012 |
| Recommendation Text: | The State party should strengthen its efforts to improve prison conditions, including by adopting a national strategy. In particular, the State party should reduce the high rate of overcrowding in its prisons, including by shortening the period of pretrial detention and by using alternative measures to the deprivation of liberty. The State party should establish a complaint mechanism for inmates with regard to their conditions of detention. |
| Convention/Treaty Body: | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| Information Deadline: | |
| Implementation Deadline: |
Related Human Rights Articles
ICCPR Article 10 - People deprived of their liberty shall be treated with humanity.
Stakeholders
Maldives Correctional Service (MCS)
|
Maldives Police Service (MPS)
Relevant Articles of the Constitution
21 - Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person, and the right not be deprived thereof to any extent except pursuant to a law made in accordance with Article 16 of this Constitution.
57 - Everyone deprived of liberty through arrest or detention as provided by law, pursuant to an order of the court, or being held in State care for social reasons, shall be treated with humanity and with respect for the inherent dignity of the human person. A person may be deprived of the rights or freedoms specified in this Chapter only to the extent required for the purpose for which he is deprived of his liberty.
Relevant Legislation Articles
Section 5 - Imprisonment
Relevant Regulations & Policies
No Relevant Regulations & Policies
Relevant Articles of other Human Rights Conventions
CRC Article 37 - States Parties shall ensure that:
(a) No child shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Neither capital punishment nor life imprisonment without possibility of release shall be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age;
(b) No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time;
(c) Every child deprived of liberty shall be treated with humanity and respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, and in a manner which takes into account the needs of persons of his or her age. In particular, every child deprived of liberty shall be separated from adults unless it is considered in the child's best interest not to do so and shall have the right to maintain contact with his or her family through correspondence and visits, save in exceptional circumstances;
(d) Every child deprived of his or her liberty shall have the right to prompt access to legal and other appropriate assistance, as well as the right to challenge the legality of the deprivation of his or her liberty before a court or other competent, independent and impartial authority, and to a prompt decision on any such action.
CRPD Article 14 - Liberty and security of person
Related Recommendations of other Treaty Bodies
CRC-41(c) - CRC
CRC-69(e) - CRC
CRC-69(f) - CRC
Related SDGs
No Related SDGs
Categories
Torture and Ill treatment
,
Prison Conditions