What is Detention (imprisonment)?
'''Detention''' is depriving of [[liberty]] of a person by the authority of a [[government]] or a country, usually the [[police]]. Such depriving liberty is allowed only in the case that the person can considered to have committed a [[crime]]. Other depriving liberty is called arbitrary detention and prohibited by article 9 of the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] and [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]]. And even if detention is done legally, the person must be treated with humanity and respected the person's [[dignity]] according to the [[Convention against Torture]]. ==Related pages== *[[Arrest]] *[[Prison]] *[[International human rights law]] [[Category:Human rights]] [[Category:Torture]] [[Category:Imprisonment and detention]]