2009 News
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Moldova
During the visit, the CPT’s delegation heard a remarkably large number of credible and consistent allegations of police ill-treatment in the context of the post-election events in April 2009. In its report, the CPT recommends, together with other measures, that the methods used by members of the...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Sweden
The overwhelming majority of the persons met by the CPT’s delegation during the 2009 visit who were, or had recently been, detained by the police, indicated that they had been correctly treated. Nevertheless, the delegation heard a few allegations of physical ill-treatment by police officers. The...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on the United Kingdom
In England, the CPT’s delegation examined the safeguards afforded to persons deprived of their liberty by the police as well as the treatment of inmates and conditions of detention in three local prisons (Manchester, Wandsworth and Woodhill) and a juvenile young offender institution...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Azerbaijan
During the visit, the CPT’s delegation reviewed the situation at Gobustan Prison (previously visited by the CPT in 2005 and 2006). The delegation received several credible allegations from life-sentenced prisoners of deliberate physical ill-treatment and excessive use of force by prison officers....
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Bosnia and Herzegovina
The CPT’s March 2007 visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina provided an opportunity to assess the progress made since the first periodic visit in April/May 2003 and the ad hoc visit in December 2004. The Committee’s delegation examined in detail various issues related to prisons, including the regime...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Ukraine
The main purpose of the 2007 visit was to examine the situation of foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation, and to review progress made in this area in the light of the recommendations contained in the CPT’s report on its previous visit to Ukraine in 2005. Particular attention was...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee returns to the North Caucasian region of the Russian Federation
The visit focused on the Republic of Ingushetia and the Chechen Republic, where the delegation reviewed the treatment of persons detained by Internal Affairs structures, Federal agencies and the penitentiary service, and examined the action taken by the competent authorities in respect of...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Spain
The purpose of the visit was to examine the modalities of care and custody of José Ignacio DE JUANA CHAOS, a prisoner on hunger strike who, further to a judicial decision, was fed against his will while hospitalized. The CPT does not believe that it is the Committee’s role to pronounce on the...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on the Czech Republic
One of the main objectives of the visit was to examine the application of testicular pulpectomy (“surgical castration”) on sentenced sex-offenders. The CPT’s delegation interviewed nine sexual offenders who had already undergone surgical castration, and five who were in the preparatory stages of...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Finland
During the visit, the CPT’s delegation examined, in particular, the safeguards offered to persons detained by the police, and the situation of remand prisoners held in police detention facilities. The visit report contains recommendations aimed at eliminating the practice of holding remand...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Kosovo
In the course of the visit, the CPT received a number of allegations of physical ill-treatment of persons held by officers of the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) in police stations throughout Kosovo. The CPT has recommended that a formal statement be delivered from the highest level to all KPS...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Serbia
During the 2007 visit, a number of allegations of physical ill-treatment of persons detained by the police were received. The CPT has made a series of recommendations to address this issue, as well as to improve the practical implementation of fundamental safeguards against ill-treatment, such as...