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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on its 2024 ad hoc visit to Lithuania

18/07/2024

The objective of the visit was to examine the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee formulated in the report on the periodic visit carried out in 2021, in particular as regards widespread inter-prisoner violence as well as the abundance of illegal drugs in prisons combined with a...

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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) visits Lithuania

23/02/2024

The purpose of this ad hoc visit was to examine the treatment of persons in prisons and to follow up on the situation found in the 2021 visit. More specifically, the visit considered the measures taken by the Lithuanian authorities in response to the long-standing CPT recommendations regarding...

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The Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks in Lithuania

01/03/2023

The main objective of the talks was to discuss the action taken by the government to address the long-standing recommendations to improve the situation in prisons as set out in the CPT’s report on the December 2021 visit to the country, which was published on 23 February 2023, together with the...

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activities

Ad hoc visit: 12/02/2024 - 22/02/2024


High-level talks: 27/02/2023


Periodic visit: 10/12/2021 - 20/12/2021

  • CPT report:  [CPT/Inf (2023) 01]
    • Executive summary: 
  • Government response:  [CPT/Inf (2023) 02]
    • Addendum:  [CPT/Inf (2023) 02 - addendum]
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  • Visit news flash

High-level talks: 01/04/2019


Ad hoc visit: 20/04/2018 - 27/04/2018


High-level talks: 04/04/2017


Periodic visit: 05/09/2016 - 15/09/2016


Periodic visit: 27/11/2012 - 04/12/2012

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2014) 18]
  • Government response: Lithuanian version: [CPT/Inf (2014) 19]
  • Publication news flash

Ad hoc visit: 14/06/2010 - 18/06/2010


Periodic visit: 21/04/2008 - 30/04/2008

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2009) 22]
  • Government response: [CPT/Inf (2009) 24]

Periodic visit: 17/02/2004 - 24/02/2004

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2006) 9]
  • Government response: [CPT/Inf (2006) 10]

Periodic visit: 14/02/2000 - 23/02/2000

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2001) 22]
  • Government interim and follow-up reports: [CPT/Inf (2001) 23]