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 22 June 2017] |
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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