The Rehab Archipelago - Human Rights Watch

• Whether your organization is aware that under Vietnamese law, detainees with a
serious illness are entitled to be released from the centers where those centers do
not have the capacity to provide them with adequate care and treatment. If so:
• To what extent are you aware of this decree being implemented in the centers
where you operate programs?
• Has your organization considered this legal provision as part of its policy on
involvement in such centers (and if so, how);
• Has your organization ever requested center management (or the authorities
responsible for operating drug detention centers) to release any seriously ill
detainees, and if so what has been the response?
• The monitoring and evaluation mechanisms in place for activities related to drug
detention centers. Specifically:
• The indicators to measure progress regarding project goals and activities;
• Whether staff of your organization routinely or periodically visit drug detention
centers in Vietnam;
• Whether your organization has any stated policy or procedures for the handling of
reports of suspected human rights violations witnessed or received by your staff or
those implementing your projects (if so, please provide a copy of this policy).
[Following Paragraph only where Applicable]
• [Your organization developed a training curriculum in drug counseling. Please:
§� Identify how many staff of drug detention centers, or government of Vietnam
employees (including Ministry of Labor staff and healthcare providers) who
work in (including on an irregular or part-time basis) drug detention centers,
have been trained in this curriculum;
§� Identify any human rights principles, including due process rights, included in
this training (if not included in the training manual, please provide a copy or
outline of this training content);
§� Identify any discussion of forced labor or “labor therapy” included in this
training (please provide a copy or outline of this training content).]
Please also Describe:
• Any reports of suspected human rights violations (such as torture and other forms
of ill treatment, arbitrary detention, forced labor) or illegal acts against detainees in
drug detention centers in Vietnam documented by your organization’s staff and the
steps taken by your organization in response to such reports;
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