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Anti-torture Committee on Ukraine: severity of police ill-treatment diminished, material conditions in prisons remain poor
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
6 September 2018
Strasbourg
The severity of ill-treatment by the law enforcement in Ukraine appears to have diminished, but allegations are still frequent. Poor material conditions, overcrowding and lack of out-of-cell activities remain major problems in prisons; and the system of guardianship in psychiatric and social care...
20th anniversary of Children’s Houses: Icelandic model to counter child sexual abuse continues inspiring change across Europe
Council of Europe
5 September 2018
Reykjavik
The 20th anniversary of the Barnahus (Children’s House), a Council of Europe-promoted model to address child sexual abuse by coordinating parallel criminal and social welfare investigations in a child-friendly and safe environment , is marked today at an event in Reykjavík, Iceland. The first...