A/HRC/42/39/Add.1 Annex Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on its visit to Bhutan Contents Page I. Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 II. Overview of the institutional and legal framework ....................................................................... 3 A. International human rights obligations ................................................................................. 3 B. National legal framework ..................................................................................................... 4 Positive measures and initiatives ................................................................................................... 4 A. Presentation to a court within 24 hours................................................................................. 5 B. Open-air prisons.................................................................................................................... 5 C. Growth of civil society ......................................................................................................... 5 D. Juvenile justice and the diversion programme ...................................................................... 5 E. Expeditious trials .................................................................................................................. 6 F. Detention prior to sentence ................................................................................................... 6 G. Immigration control .............................................................................................................. 6 H. Custody registers .................................................................................................................. 7 Main findings concerning the right to personal liberty ................................................................. 7 A. Deprivation of liberty in the context of the criminal justice system ..................................... 7 B. Deprivation of liberty in the context of drug control ............................................................ 13 C. Deprivation of liberty in the context of psychosocial disability and social care ................... 15 V. Implementation of opinions adopted by the Working Group ....................................................... 15 VI. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................... 15 VII. Recommendations ......................................................................................................................... 16 I. Detention facilities visited ............................................................................................................. 20 II. Opinions concerning Bhutan ......................................................................................................... 21 III. IV. Appendices 2