the right of the person concerned to have the fact of his detention notified to a third party of his choice (family member, friend, consulate), the right of access to a lawyer, and the right to request a medical examination by a doctor of his choice (in addition to any medical examination carried out by a doctor called by the police authorities). They are, in the CPT's opinion, three fundamental safeguards against the ill-treatment of detained persons which should apply as from the very outset of deprivation of liberty, regardless of how it may be described under the legal system concerned (apprehension, arrest, etc).
pravica osebe, da o njenem prijetju obvestijo tretjo osebo po njeni izbiri (npr. družinskega člana, prijatelja, konzulat ipd.); pravica do dostopa odvetnika; pravica osebe, da zahteva zdravstveni pregled, ki ga opravi zdravnik po njeni izbiri (poleg morebitnega zdravstvenega pregleda, ki ga opravi zdravnik po izbiri policije). Te pravice predstavljajo, po mnenju CPT-ja, tri temeljna jamstva proti slabem ravnanju s pridržanimi osebami. Njihovo uveljavljanje mora biti pridržanim osebam omogočeno od samega začetka odvzema prostosti, ne glede na to, kako je ta trenutek določen v posameznem pravnem redu (prijetje, aretacija ipd.).