This submission has been prepared in advance of the review of Iceland’s 6th periodic on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights by the UN Human Rights Committee in October 2024.
In particular, the submission provides information about harmful and unjustified use of pre-trial solitary confinement, failure to ensure fair trial guarantees in applications for solitary confinement in pre-trial detention, possible disproportionality in the application of solitary confinement in pre-trial detention to foreign nationals and increased use of force and surveillance by law enforcement officials.
