This research guide of Amnesty International seeks to highlight human rights standards relevant to the issue of migration-related detention. It is aimed at providing individuals working on the issue of migration-related detention with information about the human rights standards which place limitations on this practice. The guide contains various international and regional standards relevant to migration-related detention as well as Amnesty International’s policy on the issue, which is derived from these standards. One of these standards, the right to access to a lawyer, is laid down in the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.