Chapter 11
Detention Conditions, the Right to Liberty
and Access to a Lawyer of Those
Suspected of Terrorism
Article 9, ICCPR:
1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention.
No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such
grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established by law.
2. Anyone who is arrested shall be informed, at the time
of arrest, of the reasons for his arrest and shall be promptly
informed of any charges against him.
3. Anyone arrested or detained on a criminal charge shall
be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable time or to release. It shall
not be the general rule that persons awaiting trial shall be
detained in custody, but release may be subject to guarantees to appear for trial, at any other stage of the judicial
proceedings, and, should occasion arise, for execution of
the judgement.
4. Anyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or detention shall be entitled to take proceedings before a court, in
order that court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of his detention and order his release if the detention
is not lawful.
5. Anyone who has been the victim of unlawful arrest or detention shall have an enforceable right to compensation.
Article 5 ECHR:
1. Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person.
No one shall be deprived of his liberty, save in the following circumstances and in accordance with the procedure
prescribed by law:
a. the lawful detention of a person after conviction by
a competent court;
b. the lawful arrest or detention of a person for non
compliance with the lawful order of a court or in order
to secure the fulfillment of any obligation prescribed
by law;
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c. the lawful arrest or detention of a person effected
for the purpose of bringing him before the competent
legal authority on reasonable suspicion of having committed an offence or when it is reasonably considered
necessary to prevent his committing an offence or fleeing after having done so;
d. the detention of a minor by lawful order for the purpose of educational supervision or his lawful detention
for the purpose of bringing him before the competent
legal authority;
e. the lawful detention of persons for the prevention of
the spreading of infectious diseases, or persons of unsound mind, alcoholics or drug addicts or vagrants;
f. the lawful arrest or detention of a person to prevent
his effecting an unauthorised entry into the country or
of a person against whom action is being taken with a
view to deportation or extradition.
2. Everyone who is arrested shall be informed promptly,
in a language which he understands, of the reasons for his
arrest and of any charge against him.
3. Everyone arrested or detained in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph 1(c) of this article shall be brought
promptly before a judge or other officer authorised by law
to exercise judicial power, and shall be entitled to a trial
within a reasonable time or to release pending trial. Release
may be conditioned by guarantees to appear for trial.
4. Everyone who is deprived of his liberty by arrest or
detention shall be entitled to take proceedings by which
the lawfulness of his detention shall be decided speedily
by a court and his release ordered if the detention is not
lawful.
5. Everyone who has been the victim of arrest or detention
in contravention of the provisions of this article shall have
an enforceable right to compensation.
Countering Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights
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