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A report by the International Board of CHRI chaired by Professor Alison Duxbury.
Pre-trial detention refers to the practice of depriving individuals of their fundamental freedoms because they are accused of committing an offence or are merely suspected of being involved in a crime. Such persons are detained in the custody of law enforcement agencies or prisons before they are tried by a competent court or other judicial authority. Such detentions should however, be used by law enforcement agencies as a measure of last...