A/HRC/45/16/Add.2 profession in Qatar, as well as the recommendations made in 2015 by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. (b) Ensure that interpretation is provided during all stages of criminal proceedings in a language understood by the defendant and review all cases in which interpretation was not provided with a view to releasing persons held without having been afforded due process. (c) Provide the necessary training and supervision of prosecutors and judges to ensure that they are aware of the applicable fair trial guarantees under international and national law, and to ensure that these are applied in practice through meaningful court proceedings. (d) Ensure the right of all accused persons to be present during their trial, and ensure that trials in absentia only take place after the necessary steps are taken to inform the accused person of the charges, to summon such persons in a timely manner, to inform them in advance about the date and place of their trial and to request their attendance. (e) Ensure that authorities working in places of detention are aware of and meet the State’s obligations under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to provide detainees with access to consular assistance. 102. The Working Group recommends that the Government take the following measures in relation to administrative detention: (a) Repeal or substantially review the Protection of the Community Law and the State Security Service Law, as well as the Law on Combating Terrorism (as amended), which allow for indefinite detention of individuals under circumstances which are vaguely defined in the law. All instances where individuals may be deprived of liberty must be clearly stipulated in order to comply with the requirement of legal certainty, and no detention can be indefinite. (b) Ensure that all instances of deprivation of liberty, including such as may be authorized by these laws, are subjected to effective and prompt oversight by an independent judicial authority, and that all those detained have the right to challenge the legality of detention and the right to free legal assistance. (c) Stipulate clearly the prohibition of double jeopardy, in accordance with article 14 (7) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in both the administrative and the criminal law of Qatar. 103. The Working Group recommends that the Government take the following measures in relation to other forms of deprivation of liberty, including de facto deprivation of liberty by private actors: (a) Abolish the system of guardianship immediately, and ensure that all women are free to leave the homes of their families if they choose. (b) Ensure that the right to personal liberty is respected in both the public and the private sectors, including through a redoubling of efforts to equalize the relationship between employers and employees by, for example, enabling employees to renew their identity documents themselves, and actively pursuing those employers who withhold the documents and salaries of their employees. (c) workers. Abolish the practice of imposing curfews in the domestic residences of 104. The Working Group recommends that the Government amend all laws, particularly Law No. 12 of 2004, that restrict the ability of civil society organizations to carry out their functions – including monitoring of places of detention, advocacy for change in relevant laws and practices, the provision of advice on the implementation of human rights standards, and awareness-raising on the right to liberty. 19

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