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APPENDIX E<br />

Checklist of det<strong>en</strong>tion standards<br />

Treatm<strong>en</strong>t<br />

• Allegations of torture and ill-treatm<strong>en</strong>t<br />

• Use of force or other means of restraint<br />

• Use of solitary confinem<strong>en</strong>t<br />

Protection Measures<br />

Information Provided to Detainees<br />

• What information is giv<strong>en</strong> to detainees upon arrival?<br />

• Accessibility to internal rules and procedures of the det<strong>en</strong>tion c<strong>en</strong>tre or facility<br />

• Access to attorneys or interpreters<br />

• Access to NGOs<br />

Access to the Asylum Procedure<br />

• What information is giv<strong>en</strong> to the detainee regarding his or her right to asylum?<br />

In what language? For persons who cannot read or write, how is the right to<br />

asylum explained?<br />

• What access to UNHCR and NGOs do detainees have?<br />

• Are lawyers available to speak with and repres<strong>en</strong>t detainees? Wh<strong>en</strong> and under<br />

what conditions?<br />

• What access do lawyers have to the det<strong>en</strong>tion c<strong>en</strong>tre or facility?<br />

• What access to interpreters do detainees have?<br />

• Are asylum interviews conducted in the det<strong>en</strong>tion c<strong>en</strong>tre or facility? If so,<br />

under what conditions? Is there privacy? Where are the interviews held?<br />

Disciplinary procedure and sanctions<br />

• What are the procedures for disciplinary actions against detainees?<br />

• What are the sanctions for violating the rules?<br />

• Who determines whether a detainee violates the rules? What is the<br />

composition of the disciplinary authority?<br />

• Are there possibilities of appeal?<br />

• What are the sanctions?<br />

• Statistics of sanctions by type and reasons<br />

• Are there disciplinary cells?<br />

Complaint and inspection procedures<br />

• Are there complaint and inspection procedures for the det<strong>en</strong>tion c<strong>en</strong>tre or<br />

facility? If so, describe.<br />

• Describe the indep<strong>en</strong>d<strong>en</strong>ce of those procedures.<br />

• Accessibility of the procedures.<br />

• Do guards wear id<strong>en</strong>tification badges?<br />

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