International recommendation

Registers of persons deprived of liberty and fundamental safeguards

Issue date:
Human rights body:
Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED)
Theme:
Police custody and pre-trial detention
Relevant CED articles:
Art. 17 – Prohibition of Secret DetentionArt. 22 – Sanctions concerning remedies and personal information
Source:
CED/C/NOR/CO/1, para. 38

Recommended measures (2)

38. The Committee recommends that the State party:

Measure
Measure type:
Institutions, practices and guidelines

(a) Guarantee robust monitoring of the application of the new instruction for the police regarding the use of registers of persons deprived of liberty and ensure that information is promptly and accurately added to the registers across the entire territory, that all persons deprived of liberty are registered without exception and from the outset, that the information is regularly updated, that it is subject to periodic checks and that, in the event of irregularities, the officers responsible for updating the registers are held accountable in accordance with article 22 (b) of the Convention.

Measure
Measure type:
Institutions, practices and guidelines

(b) Ensure that all existing and future registers of deprivation of liberty all contain, at a minimum, the information required under article 17 (3) of the Convention, and are interconnected, and are interoperable with other relevant registries, including genetic registers, those maintained by other countries and with the single register of disappeared persons recommended in paragraph 16 above.