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88.
The Working Group recommends that the judicial decision of forced placement in a
psychiatric hospital should be taken in the presence of the person concerned, or of his or
her family and lawyer, and that an adversarial judicial review should be provided on a
periodic basis.
89.
Finally, the Working Group strongly recommends that the Government allow
outside oversight of prisons and other detention facilities, with a more active role of the
civil society. At the same time, the Working Group believes that oversight of trials and
proceedings in which human rights are involved, especially when it comes to deprivation of
liberty, should be allowed.
90.
These are the main recommendations expressed by the Working Group. It wishes
that these be taken into account in the ongoing reform process undertaken by the
Government.
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