Acknowledgements The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recognizes the practitioners and experts from criminal justice institutions, national human rights institutions, national preventive mechanisms, ombudsperson institutions and various non-governmental organizations actively monitoring detention practices in the OSCE region who have provided substantive inputs and advice. ODIHR acknowledges representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Penal Reform International (PRI), the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), and Just Detention International (JDI), all of whom provided advice during the research stage of this publication. Elisabeth Duban acted as lead consultant for the research and drafting of this publication. Sharon Critoph also contributed to the drafting process. 5