{"id":124,"date":"2020-03-24T14:21:18","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/egyptianforum.org\/?p=124"},"modified":"2020-03-24T14:21:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T14:21:18","slug":"covid-19-urgent-measures-must-be-taken-by-mena-governments-to-protect-the-prison-population","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egyptianforum.org\/en\/covid-19-urgent-measures-must-be-taken-by-mena-governments-to-protect-the-prison-population\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19: Urgent measures must be taken by MENA governments to protect the prison population"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\">\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In light of the global COVID-19 pandemic outbreak\u2014qualified as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organization (WHO)\u2014we, the undersigned organizations, express grave concern\u00a0over the situation of detainees and prisoners across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). While certain states in the region have taken some positive steps to protect the general population, the prison population remains particularly vulnerable.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Several countries in the MENA region have overstretched health systems and infrastructures, some of which have also been considerably weakened by years of armed conflict. In these countries, prisons and detention facilities are often overcrowded, unsanitary, and suffer from a lack of resources; accordingly, detainees are routinely denied proper access to medical care. These challenges are only further exacerbated during a health emergency, subjecting detainees and prisoners to heightened risk and placing weak prison health infrastructures under immense stress. Moreover, individuals in detention regularly interact with prison wardens, police officers, and health professionals who engage with the general population. Failure to protect prisoners and prison staff from COVID-19 may have negative implications for the population more broadly.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Under international human rights law, <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/news\/2020\/03\/19\/human-rights-dimensions-covid-19-response\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>every individual<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.penalreform.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/FINAL-Briefing-Coronavirus.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>has<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health. States have an obligation to guarantee realization of this right. In addition, states have the obligation to ensure that detainees and prisoners are treated humanely and with respect for their dignity and not subject to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.\u00a0 The <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/A\/RES\/70\/175\"><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><u>Nelson Mandela Rules<\/u><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> require equivalence in healthcare\u2014meaning that healthcare in prisons must meet the same standards as healthcare outside of them. This does not change during a pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">While restrictions, including on prison visits, may be imposed to curb the spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19, they must abide by the principles of proportionality and transparency. Any measure, including prison releases, must be taken in accordance with clear and transparent criteria, without discrimination.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">In light of the above,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>We call on governments in the MENA region to:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Make known to the public their country-specific, and if relevant, facility-specific policies and guidelines in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in detention centers, prisons, and police stations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Share their emergency preparedness plans and provide specific training to relevant staff and authorities to ensure sufficient and sustained access to healthcare and hygiene provision.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Conduct a thorough review of the prison population and in turn, reduce their prison populations by ordering the immediate release of:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Low-risk\u201d detainees and prisoners, including those convicted or held in pretrial detention (remand) for nonviolent offences; administrative detainees; and those whose continued detention is not justified;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Detainees and prisoners particularly vulnerable to the virus, including the elderly, and individuals with serious underlying conditions including lung disease, heart disease, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Allow individuals serving probation and probationary measures to fulfill their probation and probationary measures in their homes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Guarantee that individuals who remain in detention:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Have their right to health effectively upheld by being granted full access to medical care as required;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Access COVID-19 testing and treatment on a standard equal to that governing the general population;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Are provided with means of communication and opportunities to access the outside world when in-person visits are suspended;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Continue to enjoy their right to due process, including but not limited to the right to challenge the lawfulness of their detention, and their right not to experience delays that would render their detention arbitrary.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>We call on the World Health Organization, International Committee of the Red Cross, and UN Human Rights Council Special Procedures mandate holders to<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"> issue public statements and guidance highlighting recommendations and best practices for all governments around detention and imprisonment during a global pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><b>Undersigned organizations:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\"><i><b>(Listed in alphabetical order)<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ACAT &#8211; France (Action by Christians Against Torture)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Access Now<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Al Mezan Center for Human Rights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ALQST for Human Rights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Arab Network for Knowledge about Human rights (ANKH)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Arab Reform Initiative (ARI)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">ARCI (Associazione Ricreativa Culturale Italiana)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Association of Detainees and Missing in Sednaya Prison<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Bahrain Centre for Human Rights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Bahrain Transparency Society<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"_GoBack\"><\/a> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">CIVICUS<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Committee for Justice<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Democratic Transition and Human Rights support (DAAM Center)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Digital Citizenship Organisation<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">DIGNITY &#8211; Danish Institute Against Torture<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Egyptian Human Rights Forum<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">El Nadim Center<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Human Rights First<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Initiative franco-\u00e9gyptienne pour les droits les libert\u00e9s (IFEDL)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">International Commission of Jurists<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Kuwaiti Transparency Society<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Lebanese Centre For Human Rights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">medico international e.V., Germany<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">MENA Rights Group<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Mwatana for Human Rights<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman, serif;\">Physicians for Human Rights &#8211; 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