Statement to the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention within the programme of the 45th United Nations Human Rights Council
23 September 2020
On 18 September 2020, Law Council President Pauline Wright delivered a video intervention to Working Group on Arbitrary Detention within the programme of the 45th United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
The Law Council’s statement reiterated the fundamental importance of the right to legal assistance across all settings of detention, and requested the Working Group affirm how this duty continues to apply in the context of national security cases.
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