A/HRC/13/42* page 142 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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