13 36. In addition to these specific activities, any and all information received or obtained by the IACHR and its Rapporteurship on the Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty (hereinafter “the Rapporteurship on Persons Deprived of Liberty” or “the Rapporteurship of PDL”) was taken into consideration for the drafting of this report. Information obtained through the different United Nations mechanisms, whose mandate is related to the subject matter of this study was also considered relevant, particularly the reports on the visits to the countries of the region. D. Scope of the concept of pretrial detention and terminology 37. The Inter-American Commission understands by “pretrial or preventive detention,” the whole period of deprivation of liberty of a suspected offender ordered by a judicial authority and prior to a final judgment. 38. Additionally, in this report, the following terms are used: (a) “Detained person or detainee” refers to any person deprived of liberty under criminal charges, except as a result of a conviction. (b) “Imprisoned person or prisoner” refers to any person deprived of liberty as the result of a conviction. (c) “Person deprived of liberty,” “person in custody” or “inmate” refers generically to any person deprived of liberty in either of the aforementioned situations; these terms broadly refer to persons subject to any form of confinement or imprisonment.