Date of publication:

05/27/2025

United Republic of Tanzania (the)

Do domestic laws and policies include provisions of human and dignified conditions of detention for forcibly displaced and stateless persons?

ANALYSIS

Assessment by population

Assessment by population
Refugees
Asylum-seekers
Analysis

Tanzania has ratified international conventions, such as the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, and the 1969 OAU Refugee Convention, reflecting its commitment to protecting refugees and asylum seekers. Domestically, the Refugees Act of 1998 governs the treatment of refugees, while the Immigration Act of 1995 addresses immigration matters. Although these laws provide a framework for managing refugees and migrants, they do not explicitly detail standards for detention conditions. In practice, Tanzania lacks dedicated immigration detention facilities, leading to the use of local police stations, prisons, and remand homes to detain migrants until deportation. This situation raises concerns about the adequacy of detention conditions for forcibly displaced and stateless individuals.

    LAW & POLICY

    Related provisions of domestic law or policy

    The Prisons Act

    Legal provision

    Section 61.1 - Training and Treatment of prisoners

    1. Every prisoner sentenced to imprisonment and detained in prison shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and subject also to any special order of the court, be employed, trained and treated, whether he is in or is not within the precincts of any prison, in such a manner as the Commissioner may determine, and for that purpose such a prisoner shall, at all times, perform such labour, tasks and other duties as may be assigned to him by the officer-in-charge or any other prison officer in whose charge he may be.