41 - وكمبدأ عام، ذكرت اللجنة أن الاحتجاز قبل المحاكمة “ينبغي أن يكون إجراء استثنائي ويستغرق أقصر وقت ممكن”(14).
As a general principle, the Committee has stated that pre-trial detention “should be an exception and as short as possible”.14 Extended pre-trial detention has been said to be in effect a violation of the right to the presumption of innocence.15 Concerns have also been raised over incommunicado pre-trial detention.