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International responsibility of States and the duty of custody: international standards applicable to detention centers
La responsabilidad internacional del Estado frente al deber de custodia: estándares internacionales frente a los centros estatales de detención;
Responsabilidade Internacional do Estado frente ao dever de custódia: normas internacionais frente aos centros estatais de detenção
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Acosta López, Juana
Amaya Villarreal, Álvaro
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This paper explores the scope of the standards that the International Human Rights System,particularly the Interamerican System, has developed in connection with the duty of custody,regarding persons who are deprived of their liberty. The authors approach the particularnature of the State’s international responsibility on this subject, the scope of the State’sresponsibility regarding vulnerable populations within the penitentiary establishments, as wellas the demands made to the State in order to adapt the penitentiary system in general, inorder to guarantee the inmate’s human rights.
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