UN expert group to undertake follow-up visit to Malta

Arbitrary Detention: UN expert group to undertake follow-up visit to Malta

GENEVA (18 June 2015) – A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will visit Malta from 23 to 25 June 2015 to follow up on its 2009 recommendations*, while continue its engagement with the Maltese Government in addressing issues of detention and deprivation of liberty in the country.

During the three-day mission, human rights experts Sètondji Roland Adjovi (from Benin), and Mr. Mads Andenas (from Norway), will also assess the steps needed to achieve full compliance with the recommendations made by the expert group six years ago.

The independent experts, who visit the country at the invitation of the Government, will be accompanied by two staff members from the Working Group’s Secretariat at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The delegation will meet with authorities of different Branches of the State and representatives of civil society. It will also visit prisons and detention centres.

The Working Group will share with the media its preliminary observations at a press conference to be held at the Grand Hotel Excelsior, Malta, on 25 June at 4:30 p.m.

The Working Group will present a follow-up report to the Human Rights Council.

(*) Check the Working Group’s 2009 report on its visit to Malta (A/HRC/13/30/Add.2): http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G10/103/03/PDF/G1010303.pdf?OpenElement

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