Practical Manual

This Manual is for anyone or any institution carrying out immigration detention visits. There are different types of monitoring depending on the mandate and purpose of the monitoring body. Some bodies focus on handling individual cases or applications; others take a more general approach, looking at systemic and structural issues. 

In the context of immigration detention, an increasing number of monitoring bodies have access to immigration facilities. These include UNHCR itself, as well as other international, regional and national bodies as follows:

  • The UN Subcommittee for the Prevention of Torture
  • UNHCR
  • Human Rights Council Special Procedures
  • The International Committee of the Red Cross

Objectives of the Manual

  • To provide a practical tool to assist visiting bodies to monitor all aspects of immigration detention
  • To improve the quality, consistency and effectivenss of immigration detention monitoring
  • To provide a framework and benchmarks for monitoring immigration detention conditions that are universally relevant, while encouraging monitors to be mindful of the particularities of the situation they are monitoring
  • To enable visiting bodies to identify persons in immigration detention who are, or may be, entittled to international protection or other means of regularising their status and to ensure that their particular needs are met
  • To provide guidance for follo up interventions, including the stablishment of referral mechanisms to appropriate organisations and service providers
  • To promote cooeprative and complementary monitoring practices between different visiting bodies at the national level, as well as between regional and international bodies.
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