Alternatives to detention for asylum seekers and people in return procedures 4. Alternatives to detention: selected tools A number of tools and initiatives provide guidance on how to develop alternatives to detention for asylum seekers and migrants in an irregular situation. UNHCR and the International Detention Coalition (IDC), a network of civil society organisations, have developed guidelines, while the Odysseus Network has put together a training module on alternatives to detention. Document Content UNHCR, Options Paper 2: Options for governments on open reception and alternatives to detention, April 2015 Provides good practices from several countries on the reception of asylum-seekers and the use of open reception and alternatives to detention. UNHCR, Options Paper 1: Options for governments on care arrangements and alternatives to detention for children and families, April 2015 Provides guiding principles for policy and decision makers and lists good practices from various countries on the reception of unaccompanied children, on families with children, and on the implementation of alternatives to detention. International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), Updated Practitioners Guide on Migration and International Human Rights Law, 2 October 2014, Practitioners Guide No. 6 Chapter 4, “Migrants in detention” (p. 175 s.) explains how international human rights standards apply to detention for the purposes of immigration. It describes how the right to liberty is enshrined in the main human rights instruments and the approach to alternatives to detention of the CCPR, ECtHR and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Odysseus Network, Module on alternatives to detention in the EU, 2014 “The training module was designed as a tool available for those interested in conducting awareness-raising/training sessions on alternatives to detention in the EU context.” It “takes the form of an interactive power point presentation which can be modified by the partners according to their national context.” UNHCR, Guidelines on the Applicable Criteria and Standards relating to the Detention of Asylum-Seekers and Alternatives to Detention, 2012 “These Guidelines reflect the state of international law relating to detention – on immigration-related grounds – of asylumseekers and other persons seeking international protection.” According to guideline 4.3, “alternatives to detention need to be considered.” Annex A outlines a range of alternatives. International Detention Coalition (IDC), Captured Childhood: Introducing a new model to ensure the rights and liberty of refugee, asylum seeker and Irregular migrant children affected by Immigration detention, 2012 The policy document “tells the stories of children who have been detained in immigration detention and proposes a model that can prevent the future detention of others.” It promotes the use of alternatives to detention and highlights the positive impacts of using alternatives. IDC, Legal Framework and standards relating to the detention of refugees, asylum The IDC presents its core position on immigration detention into a ten standards brief, and the international legal provisions supporting those standards. Standard 6 refers to alternatives to detention. 19