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Imprisonnment" which specifically covers administrative detention and that, therefore, there is по longer a purpose in treating administrative detention in a separate manner, even if, in certain cases, the procedure of administrative detention gives rise to specific abuses,

1.

Takes note with appreciation of the analysis and the recommendations formulated in the revised report on the practice of administrative detention (E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/29 and 29 Add.1) presented by Mr Louis JOINET to the Sub-Commission at its forty-

second session;

2.

on the

Decides to create, for a three year period, (a special

(a working rapporteur)

group of five persons, composed of independent experts chosen

basis of equitable geographic

distribution), with the task of investigating situations of arbitrary or wrongful detention in all their forms,

forms, including

administrative detention;

New

Hedges Rapporter/W-G

New

3.

Decides that the (special rapporteur) (working group), in carrying out (his) (its) mandate, shall seek and receive, information from governments, intergovernmental institutions, non- governmental organizations, and other reliable sources;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all necessary assistance to the (special rapporteur) (working group) to enable (him) (it) to accomplish (his) (its) task;

4.

5.

Invites

the (special

(working group) rapporteur)

and

to take

account, in fulfilling (his) (its) mandate, of the need to be in a position

to

use

any

credible

reliable information

made

available to (him) (it), to request the governements concerned to state their views and comment on any information (he) (it) proposes to include in (his) (its) report and to carry out (his) (its) task with discretion and independence ;

6. Requests the (special rapporteur) (working group) to present

at its forty-eighth

comprehensive

report to

the

Commission

session;

SUSTOM JER

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