| Description |
1 online resource (62 pages) |
| Contents |
Executive summary and key recommendations -- Background -- Arbitrary and automatic placement in the TA -- Excessive restrictive confinement -- Invasive body searches and respect for human dignity and other rights -- Excessive monitoring and surveillance -- Reintegration opportunities -- Institutional oversight -- Full recommendations to the government of The Netherlands |
| Summary |
In response to violent attacks in Europe during the past decade, governments have reconsidered their approach to how and where they detain people suspected or convicted of terrorism-related offences. This report focuses on The Netherlands, and exposes human rights concerns related to that country's special high-security detention unit (Terroristenafdeling, TA) for this group of detainees. Based on interviews with former detainees, prison authorities, prosecutors, judges, defence lawyers, policy makers, and others familiar with the TA, this report reveals that authorities automatically assign people to the TA without individually assessing whether they actually pose a threat that justifies the routine use of high-security measures. As a result, people suspected of even non-violent offenses can be exposed to extreme measures, including confinement in individual cells for prolonged periods; limited contact with other detainees; frequent and routine full-nudity body searches; intrusive monitoring of family visits; breaches of medical confidentiality and limitations on lawyer-client confidentiality; and, finally, severe limitations on their access to work, education, and reintegration opportunities. The TA also suffers from inadequate oversight and TA detainees lack effective ways to resolve complaints about their harsh treatment |
| Notes |
"October 2017." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (AI, viewed January 19, 2018) |
| Subject |
Detention of persons -- Netherlands
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Prisoners -- Abuse of -- Netherlands
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- Netherlands
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Prisons -- Social aspects -- Netherlands
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Detention of persons
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Prisoners -- Abuse of
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Prisons -- Social aspects
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Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy
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Netherlands
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Open Society Foundations.
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Amnesty International Netherlands, publisher, issuing body
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