Informed consent and confidentiality in prisons 1.20
Consent to intimate body searches
'Effective measures should ensure that such searches are carried out in a manner consistent with the dignity of the person who is being searched.' [15]
Intimate searches are carried out for several reasons. The obvious one is to prevent prisoners concealing items such as drugs or items that might be used as weapons. Because they can be very humiliating for the subject and painful if carried out carelessly, intimate searches are also used sometimes as a punishment or a means of demoralising prisoners. Prison authorities generally have legal powers to carry out such searches without asking prisoners to agree and they sometimes ask health professionals to do them. The World Medical Association states that doctors' duty to provide care to prisoners should not be compromised by an obligation to participate in prison security systems.[16] Where essential, therefore, such searches should ideally be carried out by a doctor other than those providing health care to prisoners. Organisations like the British Medical Association argue that normally no doctor should carry out intimate searches without the prisoner's consent even if the law permits it.[17] In very exceptional cases, doctors may decide to proceed without consent if the individual represents a serious and immediate threat to safety (for example by concealing explosives or a weapon). Many prisoners when faced with an intimate search, ask to be searched by a health professional rather than a guard. Where possible, prisoners should only be searched by a person of the same gender[18] who should explain the procedure to the prisoner and seek consent.
In 1993, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that male staff could not carry out even clothed searches of women prisoners. It did not rule out the possibility that women staff might search male prisoners but concluded that the effect of cross-gender searching is more threatening for women than for men.[19]
[15] UN International Human Rights Instruments, The Right to Respect of Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence, and Protection of Honour and Reputation (Article 17) General comment 16, para 8, HRC/Gen1/Rev.5, 26 April 2001.
[16] WMA, 1993 Statement on Body Searches of Prisoners.
[17] www.bma.org.uk, Guidelines for doctors asked to carry out intimate body searches.
[18] UN International Human Rights Instruments, The Right to Respect of Privacy, Family, Home and Correspondence, and Protection of Honour and Reputation (Article 17) General comment 16, para 8, HRC/Gen1/Rev.5, 26 April 2001.
[19] International Centre for Prison Studies, A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management: handbook for prison staff, page 41.
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المستنيرة والسرية في السجون 1.20الموافقة على عمليات تفتيش جسدي الحميم'تدابير فعالة ينبغي أن تضمن أن عمليات التفتيش تجري بطريقة تتسق مع الكرامة الشخص الذي يجري تفتيشه'. [15]Intimate searches are carried out for several reasons. The obvious one is to prevent prisoners concealing items such as drugs or items that might be used as weapons. Because they can be very humiliating for the subject and painful if carried out carelessly, intimate searches are also used sometimes as a punishment or a means of demoralising prisoners. Prison authorities generally have legal powers to carry out such searches without asking prisoners to agree and they sometimes ask health professionals to do them. The World Medical Association states that doctors' duty to provide care to prisoners should not be compromised by an obligation to participate in prison security systems.[16] Where essential, therefore, such searches should ideally be carried out by a doctor other than those providing health care to prisoners. Organisations like the British Medical Association argue that normally no doctor should carry out intimate searches without the prisoner's consent even if the law permits it.[17] In very exceptional cases, doctors may decide to proceed without consent if the individual represents a serious and immediate threat to safety (for example by concealing explosives or a weapon). Many prisoners when faced with an intimate search, ask to be searched by a health professional rather than a guard. Where possible, prisoners should only be searched by a person of the same gender[18] who should explain the procedure to the prisoner and seek consent.وقضت "المحكمة العليا لكندا" في عام 1993، أن الموظفين الذكور يمكن أن عدم القيام بعمليات تفتيش حتى الملبس للنساء السجينات. أنه لم يستبعد إمكانية أن الموظفات يمكن البحث عن السجناء الذكور، لكنها خلصت إلى أن تأثير البحث عبر الجنس أكثر تهديدا للنساء أكثر من الرجال. [19][15] الأمم المتحدة "الصكوك الدولية لحقوق الإنسان"، الحق في احترام الخصوصية، والأسرة والمنزل والمراسلات، وحماية الشرف والسمعة (المادة 17) التعليق العام 16، الفقرة 8، HRC/Gen1/Rev.5، 26 أبريل 2001.[16] قانون المواد الحربية، بيان عام 1993 بشأن عمليات تفتيش جسدي للسجناء.[17] www.bma.org.uk، مبادئ توجيهية للأطباء وطلب القيام بعمليات تفتيش جسدي الحميم.[18] الأمم المتحدة "الصكوك الدولية لحقوق الإنسان"، الحق في احترام الخصوصية، والأسرة والمنزل والمراسلات، وحماية الشرف والسمعة (المادة 17) التعليق العام 16، الفقرة 8، HRC/Gen1/Rev.5، 26 أبريل 2001.[19] "مركز" الدولي "دراسات السجون"، نهج حقوق الإنسان في "إدارة السجون": دليل لموظفي السجون، الصفحة 41.
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