B. Centro Dakota Immigration Detention Facility (read full CPT report) 67. In the course of the 2014 visit, the delegation carried out a targeted visit to the Centro Dakota immigration detention facility. Foreign nationals held under aliens legislation have been detained at this facility since February 2013. Immigration detention on Aruba falls under the responsibility […]
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DETENTION STATISTICS
DETAINEE DATA
DETENTION CAPACITY
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ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT DATA
PRISON DATA
POPULATION DATA
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DATA & POLLS
LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
GROUNDS FOR DETENTION
LENGTH OF DETENTION
DETENTION INSTITUTIONS
PROCEDURAL STANDARDS & SAFEGUARDS
COSTS & OUTSOURCING
COVID-19 DATA
TRANSPARENCY
MONITORING
NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING BODIES
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS (OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE)
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS)
GOVERNMENTAL MONITORING BODIES
INTERNATIONAL DETENTION MONITORING
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES & TREATY BODIES
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 0/19
> UN Special Procedures
> UN Universal Periodic Review
> Global Compact for Migration (GCM)
> Global Compact on Refugees (GCR)
REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
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European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
The CPT recommends that the Aruban authorities move forward urgently with
developing and adopting appropriate regulations for the detention of irregular migrants.
Such regulations should include the right to legal assistance, provided free of charge for
persons without sufficient means, and the right of appeal.
The CPT recommends that staff be selected and trained for the specific purpose of
working with irregular migrants.
The CPT recommends that the exercise yard be improved in the light of above remarks.
The CPT further recommends that the Aruban authorities develop a range of purposeful
activities for detained persons at Centro Dakota. The longer the period for which persons are
detained, the more developed should be the activities which are offered to them.
The CPT recommends that systematic medical screening of all immigration detainees,
including for transmissible diseases, be introduced. Such screening should be carried out in a
way that respects medical confidentiality.
The CPT recommends that all immigration detainees be expressly informed of their
rights and the procedures applicable to them in a language they can understand. All
immigration detainees should be systematically provided with a document setting out this
information; the document should be available in the languages most commonly spoken by
those concerned and, if necessary, the services of an interpreter should be made available.
Further, all official documents that immigration detainees are required to sign should be
provided in a language they can understand.
2014
2014
2014
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH IMPACTS
COVID-19
Government Agencies
Immigration Department of Aruba - https://www.gobierno.aw/en/immigration-department-of-aruba
- buvo@aruba.gov.aw
Ministy of General Affairs, Culture, Environment And Nature, https://www.gobierno.aw/en/ministry-of-general-affairs-culture-environment-and-nature
International Organisations
UNHCR - Aruba Office - https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work/countries/aruba
IOM - Aruba Office - https://www.iom.int/countries/aruba
NGO & Research Institutions
HIAS Aruba - https://hias.org/where/aruba/
Ombudsman - https://www.gobierno.aw/en/jurima-bryson-sworn-in-as-arubas-first-ombudsman
