2005 News
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Malta
In its report, the CPT examined in depth the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty under the immigration legislation. The Committee made a certain number of recommendations concerning the fundamental safeguards to be offered to such persons and their conditions of detention. It also...
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes report on Georgia
In the report, the CPT concluded that criminal suspects continued to run a significant risk of being ill-treated by the police. To prevent ill-treatment, the Committee has proposed measures concerning in particular the integration of human rights concepts into practical professional training and...
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee visits the Russian Federation
The visit focussed on the City and Region of Moscow, the Republic of Mordovia and Rostov Region. In addition to Internal Affairs and penitentiary establishments, places of detention visited included detention facilities run by the Federal Security Service and holding cells in Moscow courts....
Suspected international terrorists detained in the United Kingdom: a follow-up report by the Council's Anti-Torture Committee
The visit of the CPT in March 2004* focused on the impact of the conditions of detention on the mental and physical health of the detainees. It found that many of them were in a poor mental state as a result of their detention, and some were also in poor physical condition. Detention had caused...
Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee visits Azerbaijan
The main purpose of the visit was to examine the situation at Gobustan Prison, which holds all of the country’s life-sentenced prisoners as well as other long-term prisoners. The CPT’s delegation also visited Strict regime penitentiary establishment No. 15 in Baku. In addition, the visit was an...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee discusses situation in the North Caucasian region with the Russian authorities
The CPT’s representatives had discussions with Dmitri KOZAK, Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Southern Federal District, Sergei SHCHADRIN, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Yuri YALUNIN, Deputy Minister of Justice, Alexander SAVENKOV, Chief...