E 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 20 Introduction I. II. III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CONTEXT OF THE VISIT Annex: List of detention centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GE.94-75147 (E) 22

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