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UN bodies.

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) opinions and UN Special Rapporteur reports; solitary confinement standards.

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WGAD opinion No.41/2020 and subsequent opinions contain arbitrariness findings on the detention conditions of the counter-case. The UN Nelson Mandela Rules (2015) and CPT standards clearly characterize indefinite solitary confinement as incompatible with human dignity. See: sentence execution.