The present report concerns a mission to Mexico undertaken from 13 to 23 May 2001 by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. With regard to lawyers’ access to their clients in police detention centres and prisons, the Special Rapporteur says that the attention of the authorities in charge of these establishments must be drawn to the constitutional provisions protecting the rights of those detained and to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
The present report concerns a mission to Mexico undertaken from 13 to 23 May 2001 by the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers. With regard to lawyers’ access to their clients in police detention centres and prisons, the Special Rapporteur says that the attention of the authorities in charge of these establishments must be drawn to the constitutional provisions protecting the rights of those detained and to the Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.
