ICC - The International Committee of the Red Cross paid third visit to the Detention Centre of the International Criminal Court
Press Release
The International Committee of the Red Cross paid third visit to the Detention Centre of the International Criminal Court
ICC-PIDS-PR-20072007-233
On 20th July 2007, a delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) concluded an unannounced three-day visit to the Detention Centre of the International Criminal Court. The findings and conclusions of the inspection were presented orally by the ICRC delegates to the Registrar, Mr Bruno Cathala.
This independent inspection was classified as a 'complete visit' which included an initial meeting with the Registrar, a tour of the Detention Centre and private interviews with persons detained at the ICC Detention Centre.
According to regulation 94 of the Regulations of the Court (ICC), an independent inspecting authority shall undertake regular and unannounced visits to the ICC Detention Centre. In its commitment to duly implement the international standards, the Court has signed the Agreement with the Red Cross on Visits to Persons Deprived of Liberty Pursuant to the Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
The ICRC is an independent and neutral institution tasked by the Geneva Conventions with carrying out periodic visits to prisons and any other places of detention and to detainees to ensure that the conditions of detention and the treatment of the persons visited are in conformity with widely accepted international standards governing the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty.
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