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Luxembourg

Detention issue

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Legal instruments & key provisions

Legal instrument Key provision
-Neither the Act of 20 July 2018 nor the amended Grand-Ducal Regulation of 24 March 1989 nor the proposed new Grand-Ducal Regulation contains specific provisions for detained LGBTI people.
Act of 20 July 2018 reforming the prison administration (Loi du 20 juillet 2018 portant réforme de l’administration pénitentiaire)There is the possibility of derogating form the incarceration of convicts to ensure non-discriminatory treatment about specific categories of inmates, in particular, because of their sex or age. Also, the legal framework provides for detainees to be allocated to establishments and quarters per the prison rules to be applied to them, considering their gender and age.

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