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The CPT adopted 10 visit reports and elected a new Bureau – President and Vice-Presidents

The CPT adopted 10 visit reports and elected a new Bureau – President and Vice-Presidents

The Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks in Latvia

The Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks in Latvia

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark

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About the CPT

The CPT visits places of detention and assesses how persons deprived of their liberty are treated in order to strengthen their protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Scheduled Periodic Visits

2025

Azerbaijan, Belgium, 

Germany, Liechtenstein, 

Montenegro, Romania, Spain

Statistics

In total:

  • 538 visits carried out (306 periodic + 232 ad hoc)
  • 485 visit reports published

So far this year:

  • 1 ad hoc visit
  • 1 periodic visit
  • 5 visit reports published

(as at 21 March 2025)