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114 PRACTITIONERS GUIDE No. 12
• For foreign nationals, access to consular
representatives. 294
Caretaking responsibilities.
‣ Women with caretaking responsibility for children
must be permitted to make arrangements for them,
including the possibility of a reasonable suspension
of detention. 295
Hygiene.
‣ Clean and decent sanitary installations must be
available when necessary, 296 including facilities to
bathe or take a shower. 297
‣ All parts of a prison regularly used by prisoners
must be properly maintained and kept scrupulously
clean at all times. 298
‣ Women should have sanitary towels provided free of
charge.
‣ Water should be available for personal care of
women, including women involved in cooking, and
those who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or
menstruating. 299
Duties of medical professionals.
‣ As well as the ordinary duties of medical
professionals to promote the physical and mental
health of patients, 300 they must abide by the
principles of informed consent and patient
autonomy 301 and ensure confidentiality of medical
294
Bangkok Rules, above note 273, Rule 2(1).
295
Ibid, Rule 2(2).
296
Mandela Rules, above note 274, Rule 15.
297
Ibid, Rule 16.
298
Ibid, Rule 17.
299
Bangkok Rules, above note 273, Rule 5.
300
Mandela Rules, above note 274, Rule 32(1)(a).
301
Ibid, Rule 32(1)(b).