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Country
Response
of detention of terrorist subjects.
• To date, including over the time period specified, no
individual has been arrested, charged or suspected of
terrorism or terrorist activity.
21. Japan
• No instances of secret detention in the penitentiary system as
a means to counter terrorism.
• No involvement or collaboration in secret detention on the
territory of another State.
• No further comments on effectiveness of secret detention or
other counter-terrorism measures or on past experiences with
secret detention.
22. Lebanon
• (Translated from Arabic) No instances of “arbitrary”
detention in the penitentiary system as a means to counter
terrorism.
• Under the laws in force, suspects are detained pursuant to a
warrant issued by the competent judicial authorities, which
oversee all stages of investigations. No suspects have been
held in “incommunicado” detention.
• No one, acting in cooperation with any foreign ally, has
participated in, or facilitated the incommunicado detention in
Lebanon of any person suspected of engaging in terrorist
activities.
• No information is available on the use of forcible detention in
the context of countering terrorism at the local, regional or
international levels.
23. Liechtenstein
• No instances of, or involvement in, secret detention as a
means to counter terrorism, either actively or passively.
Unlawful detention is a crime which is prosecuted, and if a
suspicion of unlawful secret detention by a domestic or
foreign authority or service in Liechtenstein were to have
arisen, the Office of the Public Prosecutor would be required
to immediately initiate a judicial investigation into an offense
of deprivation of liberty, as there no lawful exception which
is applicable to the secret services which would otherwise
limit the Prosecutor’s obligation to prosecute.
• No involvement or collaboration in secret detention on the
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