Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark

Review of 2024 activities and upcoming visits for 2025

Review of 2024 activities and upcoming visits for 2025

35th anniversary of the Convention for the Prevention of Torture: the CPT releases a podcast on the challenges and realities of prisons in Europe

35th anniversary of the Convention for the Prevention of Torture: the CPT releases a podcast on the challenges and realities of prisons in Europe

Preventing torture in Europe
www.cpt.coe.int

The CPT visits places of detention and assesses how persons deprived of their liberty are treated in order to strengthen their protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

2025

Azerbaijan, Belgium, 

Germany, Greece, 

Liechtenstein, Montenegro, 

Romania, Spain

In total:

  • 537 visits carried out (305 periodic + 232 ad hoc)
  • 482 visit reports published

So far this year:

  • 1 visit ad hoc
  • 2 visit reports published

(as at 21 January 2025)