This third edition, to which the ICRC has gladly contributed from its experience in places of detention worldwide, gives an opportunity to disseminate important messages contained in the most recent international detention standards, the Nelson Mandela Rules and the Bangkok Rules.  Among the provisions particularly welcomed by the ICRC are those that expand the data which must be recorded and acted upon in relation to each individual detainee. For example, information that facilitates family contact and which enables timely access for detainees to legal representation and the courts