Committee of the Red Cross, whose work on behalf of detainees was vary important. 232. Some members expressed particular concern regarding detention incommunicado. It was stressed that such situations occurred frequently under political systems where freedom of expression was repressed and where the detaining authorities tended to subject arrested persons to all sorts of pressures. It was recalled in that connection that in 1981 the Sub-Commission had adopted a resolution calling upon the Commission on Human Rights to give urgent consideration to the increasing 3cala of politically motivated executions and to call upon Governments to abolish capital 29/ A summary of the statement made by the Deputy-Director appears in document E/CN.4/Sub.2/1982/Sfl.22.E/CH./5/1983//1 E/OT. 4/Sub. 2/1Q8 2/43 page & 7 punishment for political offences. In that connection, the attention of the Sub-Commission was drawn to the tragic fate of detainees under situations characterized by a total breakdown of the rule of law, as had happened in certain countries. According to a view expressed, it was the duty of any new Government after the restoration of tha rule of law to prosecute the authors of torture and ill-treatment suffered by detainees. 233. While a few members expressed some reservations concerning the continuation of che Working Group, many speakers felt that it responded to a genuine and continuing need and that it should be reconducted. The negd was stressed for closer co- ordination with other sectors of the United Nations system working in related fields, particularly the Committee and Branch on Crime Prevention and Control. 234- At its 23rd meeting, on 31 August 1982, on the basis of a proposal made by the Working Group, the Sub-Commission decided to send a telegram through the Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights, to the Government of Malawi. The text of the decision appears in chapter XXI, section B, as decision 1982/8.
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the activities of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, specifically in relation to the treatment of detainees and the promotion of human rights. The language used is formal and official, suggesting a context of international governance and diplomacy.

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