A/HRC/22/44 Contents Paragraphs Page I. Introduction............................................................................................................. 1–3 4 II. Activities of the Working Group in 2012................................................................ 4–36 4 Handling of communications addressed to the Working Group during 2012..................................................................................................... 9–26 5 B. Country visits ................................................................................................. 27–35 14 C. Follow-up to the joint study on secret detention ............................................ 36 15 Deliberation No. 9 concerning the definition and scope of arbitrary deprivation of liberty under customary international law .......................................................... 37–75 16 A. Introduction and methodology........................................................................ 37–41 16 B. The prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of liberty in international law.......... 42–51 17 C. Qualification of particular situations as deprivation of liberty ....................... 52–60 20 D. The notion of “arbitrary” and its constituent elements under customary international law ............................................................................................. 61–75 21 IV. Conclusions............................................................................................................. 76–81 24 V. Recommendations................................................................................................... 82–85 25 A. III. GE.12-18935 3