Detention monitoring Granges administrative detention Centre (Valais)17 In December 2017, the Commission conducted its fourth follow-up visit and criticised the detention conditions in the administrative detention centre. In the Commission’s view, conditions of detention are not in line with international standards. Despite the fact that spaces for leisure activities and recreation have been created, detainees in administrative detention continue to be subjected to excessively restrictive detention regime. In the Commission’s view, the accommodation of women and, in particular, of pregnant women in this facility, is unacceptable, as the facility does not have adequate material conditions nor a separate unit for women. Due to the limited space available and the infrastructural limitations the Commission strongly urged the competent authorities to seek an alternative solution for the accommodation of women. 2.3  Position papers a. International human rights bodies i. Human Rights Council – Universal Periodic Review18 For the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Switzerland in November 2017, the Commission submitted a position paper in which it drew attention to various issues regarding human and fundamental rights based on its findings during visits. Specifically, the Commission raised concerns with regard to the detention of minors, to the use of solitary confinement in high security units, and to the use of force during deportation. Report to the Government Council of the Canton of Valais on the visit of the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture to the Granges pre-deportation Centre on 19 December 2017 (not yet published at the time of publication of the Activity Report). 17  Position paper by the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture at the third Universal Periodic Review of Switzerland, 28 March 2017, available online, in English, at: https://www.nkvf.admin.ch/dam/data/nkvf/ Stellungnahmen/170328_NPM_Report.pdf. 18 Activity Report NCPT 2017 21