(e) Reduce the length of pre trial detention

Arbitrary and prolonged pre trial detention remains frequent throughout Afghanistan.

This is another contributory factor to prolonged pre trial detention.

Judicial supervision of the use of isolation in pre trial detention

With regard to pre trial detention, he stated that the prison authorities must receive a written detention order and that there were no cases of pre trial detention having lasted longer than one year.

While welcoming recent changes in legislation designed to reduce pre trial detention, the Committee is concerned that the number of persons in pre trial detention remains high (art. 9).

One chamber should deal with questions relating to pre trial procedure, such as the need for pre trial detention of suspects, etc.

However the frequent occurrence of prolonged pre trial detention prevents such improvement.

279. These involve recourse measures invoked in cases of pre trial detention.

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(j) At the poor conditions of detention and long pre trial detention periods of up to three years

(e) To ensure that the conditions of pre trial detention do not undermine the fairness of the trial

(e) To ensure that the conditions of pre trial detention do not undermine the fairness of the trial

(i) Consider amending its legislation and practice relating to pre trial detention, so that such detention is imposed only as an exceptional measure, taking into account the recommendations on alternatives to pre trial detention adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in December 2003

What was the maximum length of time a person could be held in pre trial detention without being able to communicate with anyone outside the detention facility? The delegation had informed the Committee that when pre trial detention was extended, it became court detention rather than police detention.

The data on pre trial detention had been gathered by the official statistics office.

Maximum security prison facilities for pre trial and post conviction detention have been established.

254. This bill will also fully regulate the precautionary measures instituted to replace the practice of pre trial detention, the various kinds of bail, as well as the time limits for detention of the accused during pre trial proceedings and trial.

The prolonged pre trial detention of Yvon Neptune and Jocelerme Privert is an emblematic example.

(c) Ordering pre trial detention of the accused and setting special no contact bail conditions

He requested statistics on the numbers of female detainees in pre trial and correctional detention facilities.

Mr. KOWSURAT (Thailand) welcomed Ms. Wedgwood's comments on the importance of specific pre trial detention facilities.

The State party should take further steps to reduce the number of persons in pre trial detention.

1997 Member of the team in charge of the Project Humanization of Detention awaiting Trial (2,497 out of 3,000 detainees who spent more than 5 years in pre trial detention were judged)

Pre trial matters

They wished to know exactly what the maximum period of detention was and whether pre trial detention meant that a person was detained until sentencing.

Shawkan has been in pre trial detention for nearly four years, awaiting trial alongside more than 700 protesters who were arrested in the same incident.

Consultation with the victim is important at this stage and can result in creative alternatives to pre trial detention.

Lack of facilities had led to pre trial detainees being held in the same detention institutions as convicted prisoners.

Provision should also be made for the medical examination of detainees, in particular persons held in pre trial detention.

Prolonged pre trial detention is more acute in cases of murder, where only a High Court judge has jurisdiction.

Through pre trial and pre defence status conferences, a Trial Chamber has the authority to streamline trial proceedings.

Nevertheless, it is concerned at the lack of clear guarantees for a fair and speedy trial and of the enforcement of rules for pre trial detention.

(b) Limit by law the length of pre trial detention and ensure that the lawfulness of such detention is reviewed by a judge without delay and regularly

The Commission notes with concern the difficulties in the functioning of the judicial system arising from delays in pre trial detention.

(j) Improve conditions in places of detention, ensuring that they conform to international minimum standards, adopt necessary measures to reduce the pre trial detention period and continue to address overcrowding in places of detention

The Committee had been informed that pre trial detention conditions were poor, and the delegation's comments on that question would be welcome.

The maximum pre trial detention period was thus exhausted and our relevant authorities had no choice but to release the murder suspects.

114. The Committee also considers that the duration of pre trial detention, both in law and in practice, is a negative factor.

The period of pre trial detention is not taken into account and deducted from the term of imprisonment established by the sentence.

Article 140 of the draft transitional code of criminal procedure would provide for alternatives to pre trial detention, including house detention and other forms of community supervision of the suspect.

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(b) Pre Trial Chamber II Uganda

Interlocutory appeals of pre trial detention orders and substitute restrictive measures constituted two thirds of the cases decided by the Court in 2004.