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

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee issues a public statement regarding the Russian Federation

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee issues a public statement regarding the Russian Federation

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:

  • 536 visits carried out (305 periodic + 231 ad hoc)
  • 481 visit reports published

So far this year:

  • 1 visit report published

(as at 14 January 2025)