Roundtable in Guelmim on pretrial detention and overcrowding in prisons
The Regional human rights commission of Tan-Tan Guelmim organizes a roundtable on pretrial detention and overcrowding in prisons on Wednesday, June 19th, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at the Municipality of Guelmim.The roundtable aims to contribute to the national debate on the reform of the judiciary. The issue of pretrial detention should be handled in way that will help protect individuals’ rights in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution and international human rights law. The recommendations of the National Human Rights Council’s report on the prison conditions, published in 2012, should be taken into account.
Judges, lawyers, professors, researchers, civil society stakeholders, representatives of the General Delegation for prisons Administration and Reintegration and members of the Regional Commission will gather to discuss the issue of pretrial detention from different perspectives.