liberty, which shall be made promptly available, upon request, to any judicial or
other competent authority or institution authorized for that purpose by the law
of the State Party concerned or any relevant international legal instrument to
which the State concerned is a party. The information contained therein shall
include, as a minimum:
(a)
The identity of the person deprived of liberty;
(b) The date, time and place where the person was deprived of liberty
and the identity of the authority that deprived the person of liberty;
(c) The authority that ordered the deprivation of liberty and the grounds
for the deprivation of liberty;
(d)
The authority responsible for supervising the deprivation of liberty;
(e) The place of deprivation of liberty, the date and time of admission to
the place of deprivation of liberty and the authority responsible for the place of
deprivation of liberty;
(f)
liberty;
Elements relating to the state of health of the person deprived of
(g) In the event of death during the deprivation of liberty, the
circumstances and cause of death and the destination of the remains;
(h) The date and time of release or transfer to another place of
detention, the destination and the authority responsible for the transfer.
Article 18
1. Subject to articles 19 and 20, each State Party shall guarantee to any
person with a legitimate interest in this information, such as relatives of the
person deprived of liberty, their representatives or their counsel, access to at
least the following information:
(a)
The authority that ordered the deprivation of liberty;
(b) The date, time and place where the person was deprived of liberty
and admitted to the place of deprivation of liberty;
(c)
The authority responsible for supervising the deprivation of liberty;
(d) The whereabouts of the person deprived of liberty, including, in the
event of a transfer to another place of deprivation of liberty, the destination and
the authority responsible for the transfer;
(e)
(f)
liberty;
The date, time and place of release;
Elements relating to the state of health of the person deprived of
(g) In the event of death during the deprivation of liberty, the
circumstances and cause of death and the destination of the remains.
2. Appropriate measures shall be taken, where necessary, to protect the
persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, as well as persons
participating in the investigation, from any ill-treatment, intimidation or sanction
as a result of the search for information concerning a person deprived of liberty.
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