Arbitrary Detention: UN expert group to undertake
follow-up visit to Malta
GENEVA (18 June 2015) – A delegation of the United
Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will visit Malta from 23 to 25
June 2015 to follow up on its 2009
recommendations*, while continue its engagement with the Maltese Government in addressing issues of detention
and deprivation of liberty in the country.
During the three-day mission, human rights experts
Sètondji Roland Adjovi (from Benin), and Mr. Mads Andenas (from Norway), will
also assess the steps needed to achieve full compliance with the
recommendations made by the expert group six years ago.
The independent experts, who visit the country at the
invitation of the Government, will be accompanied by two staff members from the
Working Group’s Secretariat at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human
Rights.
The delegation will meet with authorities of different
Branches of the State and representatives of civil society. It will also visit
prisons and detention centres.
The Working Group will share with the media its
preliminary observations at a press conference to be held at the Grand Hotel
Excelsior, Malta, on 25 June at 4:30 p.m.
The Working Group will present a follow-up report to the
Human Rights Council.
(*) Check the Working Group’s 2009 report on its visit to
Malta (A/HRC/13/30/Add.2):
http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/103/03/PDF/G1010303.pdf?OpenElement
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The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention was established
by the former Commission on Human Rights in 1991 to investigate instances of
alleged arbitrary deprivation of liberty.
Its mandate was clarified and
extended by the Commission to cover the issue of administrative custody of
asylum-seekers and immigrants.
In September 2013, the Human Rights Council
confirmed the scope of the Working Group's mandate and extended it for a
further three-year period.
The Working Group is comprised of five independent expert
members from various regions of the world.
The Chair-Rapporteur is Mr.
Seong-Phil Hong (the Republic of Korea); the Vice Chair-Rapporteurs are Mr.
José Guevara (Mexico) and Mr. Sètondji Roland Adjovi (Benin). Other members
include Mr. Mads Andenas (Norway) and Mr.
Vladimir Tochilovsky (Ukraine). Learn
more, log on to: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Detention/Pages/WGADIndex.aspx
Check the Database of the Working Group on Arbitrary
Detention: http://www.unwgaddatabase.org/un/
The Working Groups are part of what is known as the
Special Procedures of the Human Rights Council.
Special Procedures, the largest
body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the general name
of the Council’s independent fact-finding and monitoring mechanisms that
address either specific country situations or thematic issues in all parts of
the world.
Special Procedures’ experts work on a voluntary basis; they are not
UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work.
They are independent from
any government or organization and serve in their individual capacity.
UN Human Rights Country Page – Malta:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/countries/ENACARegion/Pages/MTIndex.aspx
For more information and media requests, please contact:
Ms. Yiyao Zhang (+ 41 22 917 9634 / +41 769 444 3707 / yzhang@ohchr.org) and
Mr. Miguel de la Lama (+41 22 917 9289 / +41 79 444 4917 / mdelalama@ohchr.org)
or write to wgad@ohchr.org
For media inquiries related to other UN independent
experts:
Xabier Celaya, Media Unit (+ 41 22 917 9383 /
xcelaya@ohchr.org)
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