The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) publishes its report today on the September 2022 visit to San Marino, accompanied by the response from the Sanmarinese authorities.
The CPT’s 5th periodic visit to the Republic of San Marino aimed to evaluate, based on the recommendations from the Committee’s 2013 visit, the treatment of persons held in police custody at San Marino Prison, persons subject to “compulsory medical treatment” (trattamento sanitario obbligatorio - TSO) and residents of the “La Fiorina” nursing home. The report states that no allegations of ill-treatment were received, or any indication of such acts witnessed, in any of the facilities visited.
Regarding detention by law enforcement agencies, the Committee welcomes the progress made to strengthen safeguards against ill-treatment. Persons in police custody had rapid and effective access to a lawyer (including a court-appointed lawyer), were able to notify a chosen person of their situation and, unlike in 2013, were systematically informed of these rights. Nevertheless, some custody registers require improvement, except that of the Civil Police, which was detailed and well kept. In their response, the authorities of San Marino confirm that the registers of the Gendarmerie and the Guard of the Rock have since been revised, as per the Committee’s recommendations.
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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on San Marino
