REPORT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY IN THE AMERICAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Preface..................................................................................................................................... ix
I.
INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................1
A.
Context and purpose of the present report.................................................1
B.
Principles and fundamental contents .........................................................3
C.
Legal framework ..........................................................................................8
D.
Scope of the concept of deprivation of liberty ..........................................12
E.
Methodology and terms used....................................................................14
II.
THE STATE’S POSITION AS GUARANTOR OF THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS
DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY..............................................................................................16
A.
The principle of humane treatment...........................................................22
B.
The State’s duty to exercise effective control over prisons,
and to prevent acts of violence..................................................................24
1. Consequences of the lack of effective control of prisons ..................26
2. Prison violence; causes and preventive measures .............................33
C.
Judicial oversight of detention as a guarantee of the rights to life and
humane treatment.....................................................................................42
D.
Intake, registration, and initial medical examination ................................53
E.
Prison personnel: suitability, training and working conditions..................61
F.
Use of force by the security personnel in prisons......................................76
G.
Right of persons deprived of liberty to lodge judicial remedies and
complaints to the administration ..............................................................83
H.
Recommendations .....................................................................................88
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