A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a periodic visit to Ukraine from 8 to 21 December 2017. In addition to the situation of persons in police custody, prisoners, psychiatric patients and residents of social care institutions, the delegation also examined the treatment, conditions and legal safeguards of immigration detainees. In this context, it visited the Temporary Detention Places (TDP) of the State Border Guard Service in Chernivtsi and Lviv.
Newsletter - January 2018
Newsletter summary
- Follow-up on Greece report recommendations and International Migrants Day
- Judgments concerning extradition and deportation
- GRETA carried out an urgent procedure visit to Hungary
- 73 European Qualifications Passports for Refugees issued in 2017
- Intercultural integration approach in cities lead to local well-being
- Issue paper on women's sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe
- Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visited Ukraine
- PACE winter session and a seminar on Parliamentary Network on Diaspora Policies in Morocco