La responsabilidad internacional del Estado frente al deber de custodia: estándares internacionales frente a los centros estatales de detención

this paper explores the scope of the standards that the international human rights system, particularly the interamerican system, has developed in connection with the duty of custody, regarding persons who are deprived of their liberty. the authors approach the particular nature of the state's international responsibility on this subject, the scope of the state's responsibility regarding vulnerable populations within the penitentiary establishments, as well as the demands made to the state in order to adapt the penitentiary system in general, in order to guarantee the inmate's human rights.