The IDC made a submission to the Special Rapporteur concerning his report on the issue of immigration detention. The report draws from global research and consultations undertaken by the IDC and focuses on the international trends emerging in the use and impact of immigration detention, the legal standards relating to the detention of refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, as well as alternatives to immigration detention.
Background
In September 2008, pursuant to Resolution 9/5, the Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Migrants, other special procedures of the Council and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to pay special attention to cases of arbitrary detention of migrants, particularly of migrant children and adolescents.
More information about the special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of migrants.
Download the IDC submission in PDF.
IDC submission to the Special Rapporteur concerning his report on the issue of immigration detention
