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Iceland: Good detention conditions, but lack of systematic health checks for newly-arrived inmates
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
28 January 2020
Strasbourg
In a report published today, the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), found that no ill-treatment was reported in the prisons, police or psychiatric establishments visited, and that the material conditions were good or even very good. But the Committee is concerned that little or no...
Protection of national minorities: Portugal makes progress combatting anti-Roma discrimination
Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM)
27 January 2020
Strasbourg
Portugal has adopted measures to improve the living conditions and to counter the discrimination of the Roma population, but should ensure that they have an effective and long-term impact throughout the country, says the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of...