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Serbia Immigration Detention

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Detained asylum seekers (2016): 12

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No detention centres data available

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A. Detention, expulsion, and incarceration statistics

12

Number of detained asylum seekers

2016

Number of detained asylum seekers

Number	Observation Date
12	2016
ECRE (2017) "The detention of asylum seekers in Europe. Constructed on shaky ground?" AIDA . June 2017. Available at: https://www.ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/AIDA-Brief_Detention-1.pdf

10,065

Criminal prison population

2016

Criminal prison population

Number	Observation Date
10,065	2016
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

3.5

Percentage of foreign prisoners

2015

Percentage of foreign prisoners

Percentage	Observation Date
3.5	2015
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

142

Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)

2016

Prison population rate (per 100,000 of national population)

Number	Observation Date
142	2016
International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS). Undated website. "World Prison Brief." http://www.prisonstudies.org/world-prison-brief

B. Demographics and immigration-related statistics

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/

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	2001
UN Treaty Collection
VCCR, Vienna Convention on Consular Relations	2001
UN Treaty Collection
ICESCR, International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights	2001
UN Treaty Collection
ICCPR, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CEDAW, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CAT, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CRC, Convention on the Rights of the Child	2001
UN Treaty Collection
ICPED, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance	2011
UN Treaty Collection
CRSR, Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CRSSP, Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCTP, Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CTOCSP, Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime	2001
UN Treaty Collection

UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of relevant international treaties ratified

12/19

Individual complaints procedure Show sources

Name	Acceptance Year
ICERD, declaration under article 14 of the Convention	2001
UN Treaty Collection
ICCPR, First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CEDAW, Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, 1999	2003
UN Treaty Collection
CAT, declaration under article 22 of the Convention	2001
UN Treaty Collection
CRPD, Optional Protocol to o the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities	2009
UN Treaty Collection
ICPED, International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, declaration under article 31	2011
UN Treaty Collection

Ratio of complaints procedures accepted Show sources

Number	Observation Date
6/7	2017
UN Treaty Collection

2. Regional treaties, regulations, and directives

Regional legal instruments Show sources

Name	Year of Ratification (Treaty) / Transposed (Directive) / Adoption (Regulation)
CPCSE, Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse	2010
COE Treaty Office
ECPT, European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment	2004
COE Treaty Office
CATHB, Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings	2009
COE Treaty Office
ECHRP1, Protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights (amended by protocol 11)	2004
COE Treaty Office
ECHRP7, Protocol 7 to the European Convention on Human Rights (amended by protocol 11)	2004
COE Treaty Office
ECHRP12, Protocol 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights	2004
COE Treaty Office
ECHR, Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (commonly known as the European Convention on Human Rights	2004
COE Treaty Office

3. Bilateral/Multilateral agreements linked to readmissions

Bilateral/multilateral agreements linked to readmission Show sources

Name	Year in Force	Observation Date
Germany	2003	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Germany	2011	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Austria	2004	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Austria	2011	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Bulgaria	2010	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Croatia	2004	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Denmark	2003	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Italy	1998	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Malta	2010	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Slovakia	2003	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Slovakia	2009	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Slovenia	2009	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Spain	2011	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Sweden	2003	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Norway	2009	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Switzerland	2010	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
Russian Federation	2015	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/
EU	2008	2017
Jean-Pierre Cassarino, "Inventory of the bilateral agreements linked to readmission," http://www.jeanpierrecassarino.com/datasets/ra/

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	2009	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Serbia, A/HRC/10/78, 8 January 2009, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/serbia/session_3_-_december_2008/ahrc1078serbiae.pdf
No	2013	2017
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review Serbia, A/HRC/23/15, 22 March 2013, https://www.upr-info.org/sites/default/files/document/serbia/session_15_-_january_2013/ahrc2315e.pdf