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Mara Dizon, a student journalist, is arrested at 4:30 a.m. during a campus dorm raid on suspected possession of illegal fireworks. She is held in a police cell with no access to counsel and is not informed of the charges for 58 hours. On the third day, prosecutors file a formal information charging illegal possession of fireworks. Dizon files a petition for habeas corpus asserting that the detention violates ICCPR Article 9 (liberty and security of person). The government defends the detention as a legitimate investigative measure under Philippine law. (a) Identify the central ICCPR doctrine implicated by these facts. (b) Distinguish the controlling rule governing detention under international law (ICCPR) versus Philippine domestic law. (c) Apply the doctrine to the facts: Is Dizon’s detention arbitrary under ICCPR and Philippine law, and what remedies should be granted, if any?