40 Towards the Effective Protection of LGBTI Persons Deprived of Liberty ty is collected may sometimes be problematic and fail to respect the right to privacy. Accordingly, NPMs and other monitoring bodies must establish standard practices with a view to ensuring that data is collected in a manner that is consistent with human rights and accounts for the principles of participation, self-identification, privacy, transparency, and accountability. Moreover, it is important that data is disaggregated to guarantee that the needs and situations of each group encompassed by the LGBTI acronym are clearly distinguished and understood. Good practice Targeted visits by civil society organisations to examine the situation of LGBTI detainees In Guatemala, the “National Network on Sexual Diversity and HIV” (REDNADS) initiated a review of the needs of LGBTI persons deprived of their liberty. The Network’s members visited 7 prisons between December 2014 and January 2015, with the purpose of examining issues of visibility, conditions of detention, discrimination, ill-treatment, free development of one’s personality, intimate visits, sensitisations of prison officials, and institutional management. The review process included interviews with 54 LGBTI detainees, as well as with prison management, multidisciplinary teams among prison staff, and 15 key LGBTI stakeholders from the community. Based on the findings, REDNADS subsequently issued a report with standards and guidelines for the treatment of LGBTI detainees jointly with the Department of Vulnerable Groups of the Penitentiary Administration. The process included several roundtables with LGBTI detainees, as well as with civil society organisations and penitentiary staff. A pilot training for the Penitentiary training school was also included in the process. The review’s report36 identified priorities in four key areas: Data protection: the guidelines provide that LGBTI persons should be able to self-identify according to their chosen name and gender, and that staff members in charge of registers should be properly trained. Security: LGBTI persons may not be prevented from wearing 36 Red Nacional de la Diversidad Sexual y VIH (REDNADS), Primer Diagnóstico. Necesidades de la población LGBTI privada de libertad, Guatemala, 2015.

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