b. The measures take the gender aspect into con- including custodial staff, transport service sideration, namely how emergency operational staff, healthcare workers, and other sup- and procedural regulations and protocols, in- porting personnel, such as cleaning and cluding restrictive health measures, affect wom- kitchen staff.69 en and men differently, both those working in places of detention and those deprived of lib- v. An adequate testing policy for persons erty. The protocols developed should take into deprived of liberty and staff by the rele- account the different needs of women and men, vant authority, as well as the availability of as well as addressing the need of particularly COVID-19 test kits. vulnerable individuals in detention such as children, people with disabilities, ethnic or religious vi. General precautions for infectious respira- minorities, or LGBTI people. tory diseases, as advised by the WHO, 64 such as hand hygiene, physical distancing, c. All staff have been adequately informed and respiratory etiquette (covering coughs and trained on new procedures as well as on skills sneezes), or use of hand sanitizer.70 and behaviour related to healthcare and hygiene provisions.65 e. There are clear and adequate guidelines and policies regarding social security coverage, sick d. Such protective measures and protocols leave and healthcare benefits for staff that pro- encompass: vide clear instructions, sufficient economic se- i. Access to medical care and treatment with- with symptoms of COVID-19 to stay at home. curity and effectively enable any staff member out discrimination to all persons deprived f. Measures exist to address understaffing due to of liberty.66 the pandemic, such as establishing agreements ii. Measures in place to guarantee the ade- with other governmental agencies and minis- quate cleaning and disinfection of spaces tries to allocate temporary personnel, including that may have been contaminated before health and social services professionals. they are reused. 67 g. There are clear and adequate health and hyiii. Personal hygiene items such as soap, san- giene guidelines and protocols for visits with itizers and detergents made available at no families, legal counsel and other relevant people. cost to staff, employees and persons deprived of liberty.68 h. There are established procedures for screening on admittance and release, including a medi- iv. The availability and access to sufficient cal examination of individuals upon admission and adequate PPE, as well as adequate and quarantine upon medical advice,71 as well training on proper use, for all personnel, as access to sufficient testing and preventive 64 See Preventing and Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence in Places of Deprivation of Liberty: Standards, Approaches and Examples from the OSCE Region (Warsaw: ODIHR, 2019) <https://www.osce.org/odihr/427448>. 65 IASC, Interim Guidance, page 6. 66 Ibid, page 4. 67 WHO, Interim Guidance; European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), ‘Guidance on environmental cleaning in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak’. 68 IASC, Interim Guidance, page 4. 69 WHO, Interim Guidance. 70 Ibid. 71 IASC, Interim Guidance, page 4. 21