| Title | Back to Basics: The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and 'Alternatives to Detention' of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Stateless Persons and Other Migrants |
| Publisher | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) |
| Author | Alice Edwards |
| Publication Date | April 2011 |
| Topics | Arbitrary arrest and detention | Children-at-risk | Entry / Exit | Freedom of movement | Immigration Detention | Immigration control after entry | Persons with disabilities | Reception | Right to seek asylum | Women-at-risk |
| Citation / Document Symbol | PPLA/2011/01.Rev.1 |
| Other Languages / Attachments | Erratum Message | Japanese | Spanish |
| Cite as | UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Back to Basics: The Right to Liberty and Security of Person and 'Alternatives to Detention' of Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, Stateless Persons and Other Migrants, April 2011, PPLA/2011/01.Rev.1, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dc935fd2.html [accessed 21 June 2017] |
| Comments | This background paper was prepared for the Global Roundtable on Alternatives to Detention, to be held 11-12 May 2011. As a part of the Legal and Protection Policy Research Series for the Division of International Protection. |