Like other Pacific-island nations that this platform has reported on (like Samoa and Tonga), Tuvalu had yet to report any COVID-19 cases as of October 2020. In March, the country instituted a State of Emergency and shut its borders to all inbound flights and vessels. Tuvalu has one hospital for its approximately 11,000-person population, with […]
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DETAINEE DATA
Countries of Origin (Year)
2023
Number of Asylum Seekers Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available
2023
Number of Women Placed in Immigration Detention (year)
Not Available
2023
Number of Unaccompanied Children Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available
2023
Number of Accompanied Children Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available
2023
Number of Stateless Persons Placed in Immigration Detention (Year)
Not Available
2023
Number of Deaths in Immigration Custody (year)
Not Available
2023
Cases of Self-Harming and Suicide Attempts in Immigration Custody (Year)
0
2023
DETENTION CAPACITY
ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION
ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT DATA
Number of People Refused Entry (Year)
Not Available
2023
PRISON DATA
POPULATION DATA
LEGAL & REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
Does the Country Have Specific Laws that Provide for Migration-Related Detention?
Do Migration Detainees Have Constitutional Guarantees?
Yes/No
Constitution and articles
Adopted in
Last amended
Yes
2020
GROUNDS FOR DETENTION
LENGTH OF DETENTION
DETENTION INSTITUTIONS
PROCEDURAL STANDARDS & SAFEGUARDS
COSTS & OUTSOURCING
Estimated Non-Custodial Measure/ATD Cost Per Detainee Day (in USD)
20
Supervised release
2027
COVID-19 DATA
TRANSPARENCY
Detention Registry
Publicly available national detention registry
Includes people in administrative migration-related detention
Year
Does the country maintain a publicly available national detention registry that is intended to records all instances of deprivation liberty, including both criminal and administrative forms of detention?
Does the country maintain a publicly available national detention registry that is intended to records all instances of deprivation liberty, including both criminal and administrative forms of detention?
2023
MONITORING
Institutions that Can Make Unannounced Visits
Test
Yes
2023
NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING BODIES
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISMS (OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE)
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS)
GOVERNMENTAL MONITORING BODIES
Parliamentary or congressional monitoring reports on migration-related detention
INTERNATIONAL DETENTION MONITORING
International monitoring reports on migration-related detention
International or regional bodies that have been prevented from making visits to detention centres
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
2023
2023
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES & TREATY BODIES
International Treaties Ratified
Ratification Year
Observation Date
Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified
Ratio: 5/19
Relevant Recommendations or Observations Issued by Treaty Bodies
Treaty Body
Committee on the Rights of the Child
Recommendation Year
2020
Recommendation Excerpt
§ 51. The State party consider ratifying the following core human rights instruments to which it is not yet a party: (
a) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
(b) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
(c) The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
(d) The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance;
(e) The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;
(f) The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
a) The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
(b) The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
(c) The Convention against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment;
(d) The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance;
(e) The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;
(f) The International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
Sources
Committee on the Rights of the Child," Concluding observations on the combined second to fifth periodic reports of Tuvalu," CRC/C/TUV/CO/2-5, 31 March 2020, https://uhri.ohchr.org/Document/File/f899d75f-ef32-40a3-b1ce-9cedef3bfefd/60DC05B9-5E6B-448F-AD21-F8B8C3BEDC0C
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Relevant Recommendations or Observations from the UN Universal Periodic Review
Recommendation Issued
No
Year Issued
2023
UPR Cycle
4th
Sources
Human Rights Council, "Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review* Tuvalu", 15 November 2023, United Nations General Assembly, https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g23/255/08/pdf/g2325508.pdf
Recommendation Issued
No
Year Issued
2013
Sources
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Tuvalu, A/HRC/24/8, 5 July 2013, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/tuvalu/session_16_-_april_2013/ahrc248e.pdf
Recommendation Issued
No
Year Issued
2009
Sources
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Tuvalu, A/HRC/10/84, 9 January 2009, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/tuvalu/session_3_-_december_2008/ahrc1084tuvalue.pdf
REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH IMPACTS
COVID-19
Country Updates
Like other Pacific-island nations that this platform has reported on (like Samoa and Tonga), Tuvalu had yet to report any COVID-19 cases as of October 2020. In March, the country instituted a State of Emergency and shut its borders to all inbound flights and vessels. Tuvalu has one hospital for its approximately 11,000-person population, with limited medical personnel and equipment, resulting in fears that a domestic outbreak would overwhelm the health system.
Tuvalu has ratified the Refugee Convention, but it does not receive significant numbers of asylum seekers or refugees, and immigration measures like detention and deportation do not appear to be employed as enforcement tools.
Government Agencies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - https://www.foreignaffairs.gov.fj/oceania-americas-region/tuvalu/
International Organisations
UNHCR Country Page - https://www.unhcr.org/where-we-work/countries/tuvalu
NGO & Research Institutions
Amnesty Country Page - https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/asia-and-the-pacific/south-east-asia-and-the-pacific/tuvalu/
