Legal and policy frameworks in place on the use of alternatives to detention The right to liberty is recognized by all primary international human rights instruments, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,6 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,7 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Protection of the Ri. [...] 22 (2017) of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on the general principles regarding the human rights of children in the context of international migration, 16 November 2017, CMW/C/CG/3-CRC/C/GC/22. [...] 98–004 of 27 January 1998 on the Labour Code in the Republic of Benin is based on the various provisions of the Constitution above to implement the rights and duties of migrant workers. [...] On 20 June 2022, on the occasion of the celebration of World Refugee Day, the Minister of the Interior reassured people that the right to asylum would be respected and “the Beninese government’s commitment to respect the right to asylum and the principle of non-refoulment by continuing to grant asylum in the past to all those who request it, in 52 Id., supra note 49. [...] However, it should be noted that the vast majority of migrants in detention are detained for criminal reasons, particularly with the threat of terrorism in the north of the country and the repression of drugs and narcotics trafficking.
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