over three years by the Sub-Commission's Working Group on Detention and had been exhaustively considered at a three-day meeting of experts organized by the International Commission of Jurists in March 1990. The 22-article draft adopted by t~e Working Group represented a realistic and rigorous approach. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/SR.26 page 16 It not only prohibited disappearances but set forth various measures which States should take to ensure that they did not occur, or which should be taken to investigate disappearances and punish the perpetrators if they did occur. The International Commission of Jurists had prepared, for the benefit of the members of the Sub-Commission, a briefing paper which described the history of the draft declaration and each of its substantive provisions. It urged the Sub-Commission to consider and adopt the draft declaration and to recommend it for approval to the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly. 98. For almost four decades the International Commission of Jurists had been deeply troubled by the use of administrative detention. According to a study which it had made in 1985, at that time 85 countries had had provisions for administrative detention in their legislation, often using it as a long-term solution to silence opposition. Since then, the number had increased further. The International Commission of Jurists strongly supported Mr. Joinet's recommendation that a yearly report on detention throughout the world be presented to the Commission on Human Rights. A special rapporteur was needed both because there was no United Nations provision for monitoring all the situations in which administrative detention was practised and to give particular focus to such a widespread and growing phenomenon. A special rapporteur on detention would complement the roles of the Special Rapporteurs on torture and executions and the Working Group on Disappearances. He could determine whether there were any lacunae in the Body 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing human rights and international law, specifically the topic of administrative detention and disappearances. It mentions the work of various organizations and bodies, such as the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, the International Commission of Jurists, and the Commission on Human Rights. The text also mentions the need for a special rapporteur on detention, which suggests that the topic is related to human rights and international law.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights