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General comment No. 5 (2021) of the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (CMW) on migrants’ rights to liberty, freedom from arbitrary detention and their connection with other human rights (advanced unedited version)

Jan 26, 2022

The UN Committee in its General Comment understands as ‘alternatives to detention’ all community-based care measures or non-custodial accommodation solutions – in law, policy or practice – that are less restrictive than detention and which must be considered in the...

Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), Legal and practical aspects of effective alternatives to detention in the context of migration

Jan 26, 2022

The Steering Committee for Human Rights in this analysis, adopted on 7 December 2017, provided an overview of the applicable international human rights standards in the field of alternatives to detention in the context of migration....

Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly: A study of immigration detention practices and the use of alternatives to immigration detention of children

Jan 26, 2022

This study from the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) provides an overview of issues relating to immigration detention practices, and promotes the use of alternatives to immigration detention of children (ATDs). The study argues that the main idea behind...

Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Resolution 1707 (2010): Detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants in Europe

Oct 21, 2021

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly invites to closely monitor the situation of the detention of asylum seekers and irregular migrants and establishes guiding principles in relation to legally permissible detention and minimum standards for conditions of...