Subcommittee may interview detainees and other people
14 Subcommittee may interview detainees and other people
This section applies if the subcommittee requests access to a place of detention.
A responsible entity for the place of detention must ensure that the subcommittee and any accompanying expert are given reasonable assistance to interview, without witnesses, either personally or through an interpreter, any detainee or other person at the place who the subcommittee chooses to interview.
The responsible Minister for a place of detention must give the subcommittee reasonable assistance to interview, without witnesses, either personally or through an interpreter, any person who the subcommittee believes may be able to give it relevant information about the following matters:
the place;
the treatment of detainees at the place;
the conditions of detention.
A support person nominated by an interviewee may be present during the interview at the interviewee’s request and with the agreement of the subcommittee.
Nothing in this section requires a person who objects or does not consent to being interviewed by the subcommittee to participate in an interview.
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