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UK prison system in deep crisis says anti-Torture Committee
CPT
30 April 2020
Strasbourg
The United Kingdom’s prison system is in deep crisis, according to a report published by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) following a targeted visit to the country in May 2019. (see executive summary). The CPT delegation found that the three male prisons...
Council of Europe NGO platform calls on Hungarian parliament to drop legal provisions on gender
Council of Europe
29 April 2020
Strasbourg
The Standing Committee of the Conference of international NGOs, which is part of the Council of Europe, has addressed the Hungarian authorities calling on the Hungarian Parliament to drop Article 33 of the draft omnibus Bill T/9934, because it would make it impossible for transgender and...
