Utilizing the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) (English Subtitles Available)
Channel: Access Accountability
Date: 2020-09-21

Lauren Lee, Research Fellow at Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) explains how grassroots human rights group can use the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD). This video is part of the series on how documenters can utilize the UN system. 

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00:00 Introduction
01:09 What is the WGAD and what can it do?
02:16 How does the WGAD handle individual complaints about arbitrary detention?
03:49 What can you get out of making a case submission to the WGAD?
05:25 What are the things to keep in mind when making a case submission to the WGAD? 
06:17 Do you need to be a lawyer to make a submission?

 ►►Link to the resources mentioned in the video 
· Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Detention/Pages/WGADIndex.aspx
· Model questionnaire to facilitate placing cases before the Working Group: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Detention/Pages/Contact.aspx
· Revised Fact Sheet No. 26: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (Advance unedited version, 8 February 2019): https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Detention/FactSheet26.pdf
· OHCHR Fact Sheets: https://www.ohchr.org/en/publicationsresources/pages/factsheets.aspx
· Opinions adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Detention/Pages/OpinionsadoptedbytheWGAD.aspx
· TJWG’s petition to the UN WGAD on behalf of South Korean POW Han Man-Taek:
https://en.tjwg.org/2020/08/06/tjwgs-petition-to-the-un-wgad-on-behalf-of-south-korean-pow-han-man-taek/

 ►►What to watch next
Utilizing International Human Rights Mechanisms (English Subtitles Available):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p2QJYM0Wj0

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