Country

Latvia

Detention issue

FRA research findings

View details

Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
Law on the Procedure for Holding under Arrest (Apcietinājumā turēšanas kārtības likums)The law provides that convicted female detainees and female detainees in pre-trial detention shall be detained separately from male detainees. It is not further specified, if the accommodation shall be provided in a separate building or unit.
Cabinet of Ministers regulations No 1022 of 19 December 2006 “Regulations on Norms for Detained Persons´ Nutrition and Material Provision of Daily Needs” (Ministru kabineta 2006. gada 19. decembra noteikumi Nr. 1022 “Noteikumi par ieslodzīto personu uztura un sadzīves vajadzību materiālā nodrošinājuma normām”)Apart from sanitary towels (16 sanitary towels per month per woman), there are no specific national standards for provision of hygiene products to female detainees.
Law on the Procedure of Holding of Pre-trial DetaineesNational standards for conditions of detention specifically for women exist with regard to punishment. Placing in a punishment isolation cell shall not be imposed on an arrested pregnant woman, as well as a woman who is in an investigation prison together with an infant.

NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM RECOMMENDATIONS

Year Recommendation Report