Gender perspectives on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment
or punishment 2016, para. 70f
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[With regard to women, girls, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in detention, the Special Rapporteur calls on all States to:] Provide for non-custodial means of protection, such as shelters and other community-based alternatives, and guarantee that the placement of women in detention centres for protection - only where necessary and expressly requested by the woman in question - will be temporary, subject to supervision and competent authorities and never continued against their will;
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Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment