25th anniversary conference
The CPT at 25: taking stock and moving forward
Strasbourg, France, 2 March 2015
Programme
Background paper
Opening statements
- Koen Geens, Minister of Justice, Belgium, representing the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe
- Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe
- Anne Brasseur, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
- Josep Casadevall, Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights (French only)
Speech: The CPT at 25: taking stock and moving forward
Panel 1: Combating impunity in police and prison contexts
- Graham Smith, Senior Lecturer, Manchester University
- Eric Svanidze, Former prosecutor, Georgia
- Summary by Xavier Ronsin, Member of the CPT (French only)
Panel 2: Health care in prisons
- Éamonn O'Moore, Director of Health and Justice, Public Health England
- John F. Ryan, Acting Director for Public Health, European Commission
- Summary by Hans Wolff, Member of the CPT
Panel 3: Juveniles in detention
- Ton Liefaard, Professor of Children's Rights, Leiden University
- Summary by Ilvija Pūce, Member of the CPT
Panel 4: Solitary confinement
- Sharon Shalev, Centre for Criminology, Oxford University
- Summary by George Tugushi, Member of the CPT
Panel 5: Towards new CPT standards on psychiatry
Preventing torture in Europe
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