A/HRC/28/29 Contents 2 Paragraphs Page I. Introduction ........................................................................................................... 1-2 3 II. Opening statement by the Director of the Research and Right to Development Division, Office of the High Commissioner .................................. 3-11 3 III. Summary of panellists’ interventions .................................................................... 12-19 4 IV. Summary of the discussion .................................................................................... 20-47 7 A. Monitoring bodies and judicial oversight mechanisms ................................... 24-30 7 B. Pretrial detention and the need for alternatives to detention ........................... 31-34 9 C. Overcrowding and overincarceration .............................................................. 35-40 9 D. Specific groups deprived of their liberty......................................................... 41-47 10 V. Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 48-52 12