Question-Subject: Pre-trial detention
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Where are the places of police custody?
Detention centers which have been determined by the Instruction Judge
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What is a legal duration of pre-trial detention?
There is not a temporal limit but the authorities have to respect the principle of reasonable time.
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What are the procedural safeguards for pre-trial detention?
Procedural safeguards regarding the interrogation, Procedural safeguards regarding the motivation of the warrant, Procedural safeguards regarding the notification of the warrant.
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On what grounds and when is a pre-trial detention allowed?
– Serious evidences that the individual committed the offence. – Common conditions for all the infractions and special conditions for sentences that not exceeding 15 years of imprisonment.
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What is a pre-trial detention under belgian law?
Exceptional and temporary deprivation of liberty of an individual before judgement.
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Where are the places of police custody?
Detention centers of the Appeal Court’s jurisdiction
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What is a legal duration of pre-trial detention?
– Four months for offences of Correctional Court’s jurisdiction – One year for offences of Criminal Court’s jurisdiction
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What are the procedural safeguards for pre-trial detention?
– To respect the terms of the order placing the individual into detention – To communicate the fondamental rights of a detainee
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On what grounds and when is a pre-trial detention allowed?
– In order to preserve evidences, and prevent pressions on witness. – Protect the individual and stop other infractions – In case of judicial control.
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What is a pre-trial detention under centrafrican law?
Deprivation of liberty before judgement