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DETENTION, EXPULSION, AND INCARCERATION STATISTICS
DEMOGRAPHICS AND IMMIGRATION-RELATED STATISTICS
INTERNATIONAL LAW
International treaties
Ratification Year
2014
1997
2004
2004
2016
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 14/19
Individual complaints procedure
Acceptance Year
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966
2000
2000
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999
2011
2011
Relevant recommendations issued by treaty bodies
Recommendation Year
Committee against Torture
35. The State party should:
(a) Revise and develop mandatory and continuous training programmes, with the support of the National Commission for Human Rights and Citizenship, to ensure that all public officials, in particular law enforcement and military personnel, prison staff and medical and other personnel involved with detainees and asylum seekers, are well acquainted with the provisions of the Convention and the Optional Protocol thereto;
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2017
2017
Committee on Migrant Workers
"31.the committee recommends that the state party ensure that migrant workers and members of their families have access to legal aid and consular services and that the minimum guarantees enshrined in the convention are assured with regard to criminal or administrative procedures, in full compliance with articles 16 and 17 of the convention. the committee also recommends that the state party promote alternatives to detention for migrant workers and members of their families. the committee further recommends that the state party provide detailed information on the number of migrants arrested, detained and expelled for immigration-related infractions, as well as the reasons for the detention and expulsion of these migrant workers."
2015
2015
Regional legal instruments
Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
