A/HRC/4/40/Add.4 page 4 Annex REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION ON ITS VISIT TO HONDURAS (23-31 May 2006) CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1-2 6 II. PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT ............................................... 3-4 6 III. LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK .................. 5 - 50 6 A. Institutional framework ................................................... 5 - 27 6 B. The legal framework of detention .................................... 28 - 50 10 POSITIVE ASPECTS ............................................................... 51 - 60 14 IV. A. Cooperation of the Government ...................................... 51 14 B. Protection against arbitrary detention in the Constitution and the new Criminal Procedure Law .............................. 52 - 53 14 Decrease in the rate and number of detainees awaiting trial .................................................................... 54 - 55 14 D. Juvenile justice ................................................................. 56 - 57 15 E. Role of specialized human rights prosecutors and Human Rights Commissioner ................................... 58 - 60 15 ISSUES OF CONCERN ............................................................ 61 - 94 16 Abdication of the responsibility to monitor legality of detention ......................................................... 61 - 67 16 B. Lack of effectiveness of public defenders ....................... 68 - 70 17 C. Excessive power of the police ......................................... 71 - 75 18 D. The absence of a proper penitentiary system ................... 76 - 79 19 E. The situation of persons detained under the old criminal procedure code .................................................. 80 - 83 20 C. V. A.