Migration-Related Detention: A Research Guide on Human Rights Standards Relevant to the Detention of Migrants, Asylum-Seekers and Refugees

This research guide gives an overview of existing human rights law and standards relevant to detention of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees and includes AI's policy on the issue which is derived form these standards. It includes chapters on the presumption against detention, the restrictions on the use of detention, conditions of detention, non-discrimination and proportionality and standards with regard to particular groups.