and Nepal Police (NP) staff were assigned to the office and were starting to develop a detention database, but by the end of 2006, no data had been entered for the over 7,000 detainees and prisoners officially recognized as being held throughout Nepal. The office never became fully functional and ceased to function shortly after the change of Government in April 2006. Detention registers are not systematically updated; the police use two registers: one lists the name of detainees before remand and the other after remand. The lawyers and the public do not have access to registers. As the police are legally entitled to detain a person for 24 hours, they often do not register the names of arrested/detained persons immediately and if someone is released without charge after a short period of detention (which could exceed 24 hours), their names often do not feature in police registers. property recovered from them or from other sources, as well as the names of the witness summoned. However, the practice of using ad-hoc registers and notebooks instead of standardized diaries still remains a problem. The police generally do not record the actual date of arrest and often adjust the arrest date in order to give the impression of compliance with the 24 hour limitation on holding an individual without bringing the person before a judicial authority. OHCHR continues to document instances of Armed Police Force personnel participating in the detention and interrogation of suspects, particularly those suspected of involvement in armed groups. The Armed Police Force (APF) does not have clear legal powers to arrest and detain. However, it has become increasingly involved in arrests related to armed groups, and it does not operate or maintain official detention facilities or detention registers. (f) All detained persons be effectively guaranteed the ability to challenge the lawfulness of their detention, e.g. The right of habeas corpus was denied by virtue of Article 14 (7) of the Constitution to any person In June 2007, the Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling in relation to disappearances resulting Non-governmental sources: The June 2007 decision of the Supreme Court has not been implemented. The A/HRC/13/39/Add.6 118 compulsory medical examinations upon being brought to a detention centre and upon transfer;

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