BEWARE THE GIFT OF POISON FRUIT such pressure caused agency staff to take increasingly dangerous risks to show the results that are required, both by their own agencies and foreign agencies. Published materials have confirmed that under such pressure, staff from executive agencies in various countries have been increasingly susceptible to break the rules and act unlawfully. There must be clear and unambiguous safeguards in place to prevent such actions. Training must reassure agencies that no person will be asked to break the law to fulfil their duties, even in periods of extreme tension, and that any such request must be rejected and reported. Publish guidance for executive agencies Even though the UK and Canada’s guidelines are flawed, they do acknowledge the existence of certain duties and are useful in the sense of recognizing that some obligations are owed to persons in detention. States, by even enunciating these guidelines, recognize that they do not have carte blanche to treat detainees however they want. Such detailed guidelines are encouraging, and may serve as an example for other States. As noted above, such guidance should be open to regular parliamentary scrutiny and oversight. 42