E/CN.4/2006/7/Add.2
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Annex
REPORT OF THE WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION’S
VISIT TO CANADA (1-15 JUNE 2005)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction
Page
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1-3
5
I.
PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT ...............................................
4-6
5
II.
INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ..................
7 - 45
6
A.
Institutional framework ...................................................
7 - 18
6
B.
Legal framework of detention .........................................
19 - 45
8
POSITIVE ASPECTS ...............................................................
46 - 60
13
III.
A.
Cooperation of the Government ......................................
46
13
B.
Independence of the judiciary and checks on
the criminal justice system ...............................................
47 - 49
13
C.
Decrease of the incarceration rate ....................................
50 - 52
14
D.
Specialized courts and other programmes aimed at
reducing pretrial detention, particularly of persons
belonging to vulnerable and marginalized groups ...........
53 - 59
14
Detention of refugee claimants and foreigners
without status is the exception .........................................
60
16
ISSUES OF CONCERN ............................................................
61 - 86
16
A.
Detention in the framework of criminal procedure .........
61 - 72
16
B.
Detention under immigration law ....................................
73 - 86
18
V.
CONCLUSIONS .......................................................................
87 - 91
21
VI.
RECOMMENDATIONS ...........................................................
92
22
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E.
IV.