Detention Instruments

    "Restriction on freedom of movement, usually through enforced confinement, of persons prior to court appearance, after conviction and sentence, pending sentence, pending a decision on refugee status, admission or removal from the State, or for purposes of internment, for example, in times of national emergency"


Pacto Internacional de Direitos Civis e Políticos:

Body of Principles for the Protection of All Persons under any Form of Detention or Imprisonment, General Assembly resolution 43/173 of 9 December 1988: