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f) “Imprisonment” means the condition of imprisoned persons.
g) “Suspect” means a person who has been arrested but not arraigned or charged before a judicial
body.
h) “Judicial body” means a dispute resolution or adjudication mechanism established and
regulated by law and includes courts and other tribunals.
i) “Judicial office” means a position on a judicial body.
j) “Judicial officer” means a person who sits in adjudication as part of a judicial body.
k) “Legal proceeding” means any proceeding before a judicial body brought in regard to a criminal
charge or for the determination of rights or obligations of any person, natural or legal.
l) “Traditional court” means a body which, in a particular locality, is recognised as having the
power to resolve disputes in accordance with local customs, cultural or ethnic values,
religious norms or tradition.
m) “Habeas corpus”, “amparo” is a legal procedure brought before a judicial body to compel the
detaining authorities to provide accurate and detailed information regarding the whereabouts
and conditions of detention of a person or to produce a detainee before the judicial body.
n) “Victim” means persons who individually or collectively have suffered harm, including
physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or substantial impairment of
their fundamental rights, through acts or omissions that are in violation of criminal laws or
that do not yet constitute violations of national criminal laws but of internationally
recognized norms relating to human rights. The term “victim” also includes, where
appropriate, the immediate family or dependants of the direct victim and persons who have
suffered harm in intervening to assist victims in distress.