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UNITED
NATIONS
Economic and Social
Council
Distr.
GENERAL
E/CN.4/1995/31/Add.4
21 December 1994
ENGLISH
Original:
ENGLISH/FRENCH
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Fifty-first session
Item 10 of the provisional agenda
QUESTION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS SUBJECTED
TO ANY FORM OF DETENTION OR IMPRISONMENT
Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Visit to Viet Nam
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Page
1 - 4
2
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5 - 11
2
LEGAL STATUS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY . . . . .
12 - 39
4
A.
Applicable rules of law . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12 - 37
4
B.
Enforcement of the applicable rules . . . . . . .
38 - 39
11
FUTURE OF THE STATUS OF DETENTION . . . . . . . . . .
40 - 62
12
A.
Improvements as presented by the Government . . .
40 - 42
12
B.
Improvements to be made . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43 - 62
13
IV.
CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
63 - 71
19
V.
RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
72 - 83
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Introduction
I.
II.
III.
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CONTEXT OF THE VISIT
Annex:
List of detention centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GE.94-75147
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