A/HRC/30/36 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 10 July 2015 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirtieth 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 In 2014 the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, under its regular procedure, adopted 57 opinions concerning the detention of 422 persons in 30 countries. It also transmitted 136 urgent appeals to 48 Governments concerning 435 individuals. States informed the Working Group that they had taken measures to remedy the situation of detainees. In some cases, detainees were 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 that 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, in particular in respect of its recommendations. Information on the implementation of recommendations made by the Working Group was received from the Government of El Salvador. In 2014, the Working Group visited New Zealand and undertook follow-up visits to Germany and Italy. The reports on these visits are contained in addenda to the present report (A/HRC/30/36/Add.2, 4 and 3, respectively). Pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 20/16, the Working Group is also submitting to the Council a report containing 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 (A/HRC/30/37), which were adopted by the Working Group at its seventy-second session. The draft basic principles and guidelines are aimed at assisting Member States in fulfilling their obligation to avoid arbitrary deprivation of liberty. The Working Group also prepared a report on national, regional and international laws, regulations and practices on the right to challenge the lawfulness of detention before court (A/HRC/27/47). GE.15-11705(E) *1511705*