C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care

20.05. Men and women are detained in separate accommodation, unless they are couples or members of a family unit.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,20. Separation of categories of detainees

20.06. Individuals reasonably suspected of, accused of, or charged with smuggling or trafficking offences are detained separately from smuggled migrants and trafficked persons.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,20. Separation of categories of detainees

20.07. The safety and special protection needs of victims of trafficking, especially women and children, inform decisions to separate categories of detainees.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,20. Separation of categories of detainees

20.08. Immigration detainees who are, or may be witnesses in the prosecution of trafficking or smuggling operations are duly protected.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,20. Separation of categories of detainees

19.04. No more force is used than is strictly necessary and the carrying and use of weapons by personnel is prohibited.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,19. Use of Force

19.05. Use of force is fully documented and reported in an incidents register and in individual case files, and effective review procedures are in place.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,19. Use of Force

19.06. If force is used as a last resort against a detainee, the health of the detainee is fully protected and the detainee is medically examined whenever required, and as soon as possible after force is used.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,19. Use of Force

19.07. A detainee against whom force is used is entitled to seek a second opinion from a suitably qualified medical practitioner of his/her choosing as soon as possible after force is used.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,19. Use of Force

19.08. There is effective access to an independent complaints process.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,19. Use of Force

19.09. Where the use of force is unlawful, there are effective lines of accountability through to superior officers, subordinates cannot claim obedience to superior orders as a defence, and subordinates who refuse to obey orders are duly protected.

C. Treatment and Duty of Protection and Care,19. Use of Force