Th e ICC PR und er articl e 10 ex pr ess ly prov id es that deta in ed per so ns sho uld be treated wit hrnre spect to th eir dign ity. Mo reove r, th e res pec ti ve s up erviso ry orga ns o f th e internationa l andrnre giona l hum an right s in strument s make it clea r thr ough thei r juri s prudence that de plorablerndetention condition s con stitute violati on of tOl1ure , cruel , inhuman or deg rading treat ment orrnpuni shment. Thi s appro ac h broaden s the horizon of protection o f hum an right s abu ses inrndetention places as t0l1ure with all its form s is prohibited in many of human rightsrnin struments such as, UDHR, ICCPR, AC HPR , EC ]-IR a nd ACHR. For this end , a ser ies ofrnminimum standards for trea tment of detai ned pe rso ns are adopted both internat io nall y andrnre gional whic h are serv ing as thresho lds to find v iola tion of human d ign ity.rnLikewi se, the Et hi op ian lega l system ha s eq ui va le nt se t of legis lat ions for the tre atment ofrndetain ed pe rso ns. The 199 5 co nstitution gua rantees th at deta in ed persons shall be treatedrnwith due re s pect to th eir d ignity. Fed era l Pri son s Co mmi ss io n Establi shment Proclamation,rn365/2003 point s out th e mandate, structure and objecti ve of pr iso ns where it ex pr ess lyrnprov ides that pr iso ns have to end eavor to ensure the reh ab ili tation of detained pe rson s. Mo rernimportant ly the minimum sta ndard s for treating de tain ed perso ns is promul ga ted by Fede ra lrnDeta in ees Trea tment Regu latio n No 138/2 007 whi c h pro vide s for Accommoda tion, Pe rso nalrnhyg iene , Clot hin g a nd beddin g, Food , Med ical se rvice s, comp la ints mec hani sms andrna ve nu e, In s pect ion, sport and ex e rcise, educat ion and training , sepa ration of accommodationrnand work cond itions.rnWith re s pect to the pract ice, however, the study found that tr ea tm ent of detai ned persons inrnEthiopia failed short of co mpli anc e to minimum expectati ons as it found cha ll en ges suchrnas hi gh leve ls of overcrowd in g, di se ase, malnutriti o n, unh yg ienic co ndition , lack ofrnse par ate treatment ba se d o n sex, age, illness and nat ure of cr im ina l; lack of orga ni ze d a ndrncontinu in g education and train in g a nd absence of viab le compliant hea rin g mec hani s m. Thernst ud y, fina ll y, makes reco mm endat ion s that co uld rectify th e ex istin g cha ll enges .