ICMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families 1990, para. 6
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6. Migrant workers and members of their families who are arrested or detained on a criminal charge shall be brought promptly before a judge or other officer authorized by law to exercise judicial power and shall be entitled to trial within a reasonable time or to release. It shall not be the general rule that while awaiting trial they shall be detained in custody, but release may be subject to guarantees to appear for trial, at any other stage of the judicial proceedings and, should the occasion arise, for the execution of the judgement.
Legal status
Legally binding
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
International treaty
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Movement
Person(s) affected
Families
Persons on the move
Year
1990
Paragraph type
Article
Reference
ICMW - International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990), Article 16, 6.