Detention is stressful and can be debilitating for victims of prior torture.
International and Canadian Standards must be met Canada has agreed to minimum standards for detaining people by ratifying international human rights treaties like the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. At least these minimum standards must apply. ICCR concludes that criminal justice standards for persons charged with a crime are the minimum standards for immigration detention. There must be access to a review of the legitimacy of the detention by regular courts available to citizens, for example Habeas Corpus or similar remedy. To ensure that torture victims can be identified for release and treatment, immigration detainees must have recourse to examination by independent qualified psychiatrists.