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Guinea-Bissau Immigration Detention

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Centres List

No detention centres data available

Statistics Expand all

A. Detention, expulsion, and incarceration statistics

92

Criminal prison population

2012

Criminal prison population

Number	Observation Date
92	2012
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

B. Demographics and immigration-related statistics

9,259

Refugees

2016

Refugees

Number	Observation Date
9,259	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
8,684	2015
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern
8,684	2014
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

0

Total number of new asylum applications

2016

Total number of new asylum applications

Number	Observation Date
0	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

0

Stateless persons

2016

Stateless persons

Number	Observation Date
0	2016
UNHCR Population Statistics http://popstats.unhcr.org/en/persons_of_concern

Domestic Law Expand all

A. LEGAL TRADITION

Legal tradition Show sources

Name	Observation Date
Civil law	2017
World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/
Customary law	2017
World Legal Systems. University of Ottawa. http://www.juriglobe.ca/

B. LAWS AND REGULATIONS

C. GROUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE IMMIGRATION-RELATED DETENTION

D. CRIMINALIZATION OF IMMIGRATION-RELATED OFFENCES

E. LENGTH OF DETENTION

F. PROCEDURAL STANDARDS

G. NON-CUSTODIAL MEASURES (ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION)

H. VULNERABLE PERSONS

I. MANDATORY DETENTION

J. EXPEDITED REMOVAL AND RE-ENTRY BAN

International Law Expand all

1. Relevant international treaties and date of ratification

International treaties Show sources

Name	Ratification Year
ICERD, International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination	2010
UN Treaty Collection
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	1992
UN Treaty Collection
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	2010
UN Treaty Collection
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	1985
UN Treaty Collection
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	2013
UN Treaty Collection
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child	1990
UN Treaty Collection
CRPD, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	2014
UN Treaty Collection
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees	1976
UN Treaty Collection
CRSSP, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons	2016
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children	2007
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified

10/19

Individual complaints procedure Show sources

Name	Acceptance Year
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999	2009
UN Treaty Collection
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966	2013
UN Treaty Collection
CAT, declaration under article 22 of the Convention	2013
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of complaints procedures accepted Show sources

Number	Observation Date
3/7	2017
UN Treaty Collection

2. Regional treaties, regulations, and directives

Regional legal instruments Show sources

Name	Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
ACHPR, African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights	1985
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Ratification Table: African Charter on Human and People's Rights, http://www.achpr.org/instruments/achpr/ratification/
APRW, Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)	2008
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Ratification Table: Protocol to the African Charter on Human and People's Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, http://www.achpr.org/instruments/women-protocol/ratification/

3. Bilateral/Multilateral agreements linked to readmissions

4. Non treaty-based international human rights mechanisms

Relevant recommendations of the UN Universal Periodic Review Show sources

Recomendation Issued	Year Issued	Observation Date
No	2010	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* Guinea-Bissau, A/HRC/15/10, 16 June 2010 https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/guinea-bissau/session_8_-_may_2010/ahrc1510e.pdf
No	2015	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* Guinea-Bissau, A/HRC/29/12, 13 April 2015, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/guinea-bissau/session_21_-_january_2015/a_hrc_29_12_e.pdf