Title Migration-Related Detention: A Research Guide on Human Rights Standards Relevant to the Detention of Migrants, Asylum-Seekers and Refugees
Publisher Amnesty International
Publication Date November 2007
Topics Human rights law | Immigration Detention | Immigration control after entry | Migrant rights | Refugee / Asylum law
Citation / Document Symbol POL 33/005/2007
Cite as Amnesty International, Migration-Related Detention: A Research Guide on Human Rights Standards Relevant to the Detention of Migrants, Asylum-Seekers and Refugees, November 2007, POL 33/005/2007, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/476b7d322.html [accessed 21 September 2016]
Comments This research guide gives an overview of existing human rights law and standards relevant to detention of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees and includes AI's policy on the issue which is derived form these standards. It includes chapters on the presumption against detention, the restrictions on the use of detention, conditions of detention, non-discrimination and proportionality and standards with regard to particular groups.
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