A/HRC/28/68
(a)
To separate children and adults in all places of detention and, when in
the best interests of the child, to hold children and adults together during daytime,
and only under strict supervision;
(b)
To consider case-by-case assessment to decide whether it is appropriate
for a particular inmate to be transferred to an adult institution after reaching the age
of majority;
(c)
To provide children deprived of their liberty with appropriate nutrition,
health and other basic services, including ready access to natural light and adequate
ventilation, access to sanitary facilities that are hygienic and respect privacy and, in
principle, accommodation in individual bedrooms;
(d)
To prohibit solitary confinement of any duration and for any purpose;
(e)
To prohibit corporal punishment;
(f)
To use restraints or force only when the child poses an imminent threat
of injury to himself or herself or others, only for a limited period of time and only
when all other means of control have been exhausted, and not to perform strip
searches without reasonable suspicion;
(g)
To respond to the specific needs of groups of children that are even more
vulnerable to ill-treatment or torture, such as girls, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender
and intersex children, and children with disabilities;
(h)
To facilitate contact to the outside world, in particular with families and
legal representatives;
(i)
To provide educational, vocational and recreational age-appropriate
opportunities and green spaces for children;
(j)
To maintain an individualized case-management file for each child in
detention (such as information on education and medical history), subject to careful
data protection and privacy protection, including digital privacy, to ensure that the
file is shared only with staff that requires such information.
(k)
To ensure appropriate resources and staffing for all places of
deprivation of liberty.
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