The practice of using devices on detainees to block their vision (for example, by means of
glasses blacking out their vision or blindfolding them) while they are being transported
from one location to another should be abolished.28
4. Health issues
The means of transport employed for taking detainees to and from a hospital should take
into account their medical condition.29
The confidentiality of medical data should be respected during transfers of detainees.30
Any practice of segregating HIV-positive detainees should be discontinued.31
28
Belgium: Visit 2017, §§ 19-20, Netherlands (Curaçao): Visit 2014, § 125, Belgium: Visit 2013, § 38
Spain: Visit 1991, § 150
30
Lithuania: Visit 2004, § 46
31
Lithuania: Visit 2004, § 46
29
4