What are your basic rights upon your detention?
You have various rights from the moment of your detention. You must be informed about these rights at the moment of your detention.
You have the right to:
- know why you were detained
- appeal the lawfulness of your detention to the court (immediately)
- inform the consular institution of your country about your detention
- communicate in a language that you understand with the help of a State paid translator if necessary
- receive self-paid legal aid (and asylum seekers free of charge, provided by the refugee counsellors or PIC NGO - a Legal Centre for the Protection of Human rights and Environment, if project funds are available)
- read the materials related to your detention (in a language you understand)
- receive necessary medical aid
- ask not to be returned to a country where you may be subject to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment