Basic rights
What are your basic rights upon your detention?
You have various rights from the moment of your detention. You must be informed about these rights at the moment of your detention.
You have the right to:
- know why you were detained
- appeal the lawfulness of your detention to the court (immediately)
- inform the consular institution of your country about your detention
- communicate in a language that you understand with the help of a State paid translator if necessary
- receive self-paid legal aid
- read the materials related to your detention
- receive necessary medical aid
- ask not to be returned to a country where you may be subject to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment
Resources
Law
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Other
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CPT Standards
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment
UN General Assembly resolution No A/RES/43/173
9 December 1988
9 December 1988
Human Rights Guide
A European platform for human rights education
