A/HRC/27/48 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 30 June 2014 Original: English Human Rights Council Twenty-seventh session Agenda item 3 Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Report of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Chair-Rapporteur: Mads Andenas Summary During 2013, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, under its regular procedure, adopted 60 opinions concerning the detention of 431 persons in 39 countries (see A/HRC/27/48/Add.1). It also transmitted a total of 110 urgent appeals to 37 States concerning 680 individuals. States informed the Working Group that they had taken measures to remedy the situation of detainees: in some cases, detainees had been released; in other cases, the Working Group was assured that the detainees concerned would be guaranteed a fair trial. The Working Group is grateful to those Governments that heeded its appeals and took steps to provide it with the requested information on the situation of detainees. The Working Group engaged in continuous dialogue with countries that it visited, particularly concerning its recommendations. Information regarding the implementation of recommendations made by the Working Group was received from the Governments of Georgia and Senegal. During 2013, the Working Group visited Brazil, Greece, Hungary and Morocco. The reports on those visits are contained in addenda 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the present report. Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 20/16 adopted on 6 July 2012, the Working Group has initiated the preparations concerning the draft basic principles and guidelines on remedies and procedures on the right of anyone deprived of his or her liberty by arrest or detention to bring proceedings before court, in order that the court may decide without delay on the lawfulness of his or her detention and order his or her release if the detention is not lawful. The draft basic principles and guidelines are intended to assist Member States in fulfilling their obligation to avoid arbitrary deprivation of liberty. The Working Group has prepared a specific report on national, regional and international laws, regulations and practices relating to the right to challenge the lawfulness of detention before a court (A/HRC/27/47). A report comprising the draft basic principles and guidelines will be submitted to the Human Rights Council in 2015. GE.14-06865 (E) *1406865*