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Anti-torture committee on Montenegro: Despite some progress, ill-treatment remains a problem and must be addressed
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
7 February 2019
Strasbourg
Despite some overall improvement in the treatment of persons detained by the police in Montenegro, ill-treatment still appears widely spread and must be tackled through stricter recruitment, better training and improved oversight. In prisons, too, allegations of ill-treatment persist; the...
National Minorities in Azerbaijan: new report published
Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM)
4 February 2019
Strasbourg
Azerbaijani multiculturalism welcomes expressions of cultural identity, but increased restrictions on democracy, absence of legislation, inflammatory language prevent national minorities from fully exercising their rights Society in Azerbaijan is broadly characterised by a climate of...