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Summary: The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants is seeking contributions for his upcoming report on the issue of detention of migrants in an irregular situation.
The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Mr. Francois Crépeau, will dedicate his first thematic report to the Human Rights Council to the issue of detention of migrants in an irregular situation. The report will be presented at the 20th session of the Council, scheduled for June 2012. The report will outline relevant legal provisions and jurisprudence by international and regional human rights mechanisms. The Special Rapporteur intends to examine, inter alia, the following issues and concerns relating to detention: (i) Justification and reason for detention; (ii) Detention regimes; (iii) Detention conditions and application of legal safeguards; (iv) Special needs and protection concerns of vulnerable groups of migrants (including children, women, families and migrants with mental health issues). Particular emphasis will be given to good practices of alternatives to detention. Call for contributions In this regard, the Special Rapporteur would like to solicit your inputs and contributions. Please note that the deadline for contributions is 30 January 2012. Please send your input through the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Ms. Katarina Månsson at kmansson@ohchr.org, and Ms. Federica Donati at fdonati@ohchr.org, tel: + 41 22 917 9127/+ 41 22 917 9496; copying: migrant@ohchr.org). Further Information