A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 37 Para Country Date Type Mandate Allegations transmitted Government response there is no immediate threat to their health. Canada refers the Working Group/Special Rapporteurs to the 15 February 2007 Federal Court decision involving one of the detainees, Mr. Mahjoub, in which some of the conditions of detention, and medical care being provided, are described. Since the conditions of detention were only one of the factors considered by the Federal Court in its decision to release Mr. Mahjoub, it did not have to choose between the sometimes conflicting evidence on the subject. For this reason, Canada refers the Working Group/Special Rapporteurs to the following passages of the judgment for information purposes: paragraphs. 36-39 [summary of affidavit of the manager of the KIHC respecting provision of health care, and Mr. Mahjoub's health records]; paras. 59-60 and 6366 [summary of Mr. Mahjoub's testimony concerning his health care]; paras. 76-82 [summary of testimony of nurse in charge of health care at the KIHC]; paras. 100-102 [judge's consideration of conditions of detention]. The Urgent Appeal further refers to the fact that "the indeterminate nature of confinement and the denial of access to an independent tribunal, prolonged over years, might lead to serious mental health problems and constitute illtreatment in violation of Article 7 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." With respect, Canada objects to the suggestion that the detainees' confinement is "indeterminate" and that they have been denied access to an independent tribunal. The cases of