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Legal instruments & key provisions
Legal instrument | Key provision |
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Grand-Ducal Regulation (Règlement grand-ducal du 24 mars 1989 concernant l'administration et le régime interne des établissements pénitentiaires) | Minors who are detained in the penitentiary centre benefit from a special regime, which is different from the adult prisoners. |
Act of 10 August 1992 regarding youth protection (Loi du 10 août 1992 relative à la protection de la jeunesse) | In case of absolute necessity, a minor can be detained temporarily in an adult prison for a period that does not exceed one month. In such cases, the young prisoner must be separated from the other detainees, and is subject to special conditions that shall be determined by the rules of the penitentiary administration. |
NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS
Year | Recommendation | Report |
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2018 | The central, main recommendation and the attention of the report regards placement of minors (under current law, but also according to the bill too) in a general detention facility with other detainees of age. | Report details |