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France: Anti-torture Committee deplores conditions of detention, prison overcrowding and lack of psychiatric beds
The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), in a new report on its periodic visit to France in December 2019, expresses serious concern about material conditions of detention in police establishments, prison overcrowding, the conditions in which detained persons were...
10th anniversary of the Istanbul Convention: 'Nothing will make us back down'
“I would like to recall to each and everyone of us that during the two hours of this event there will be thousands of women beaten. As we sit here, women will even be beaten to death. And we are not talking just about some cases, but about thousands and thousands of acts of violence. Just think...
Czech Republic: Council of Europe calls for urgent independent investigation into Romani man’s death
Statement by the Spokesperson of the Secretary General
La Secrétaire Générale rencontre la ministre française Elisabeth Moreno
Le 23 juin, la Secrétaire Générale, Marija Pejčinović Burić, a rencontré Elisabeth Moreno, Ministre chargée de l'Égalité entre les femmes et les hommes, de la Diversité et de l'Égalité des chances de la France. Lors cet échange, elles ont souligné le rôle de la Convention sur la prévention et la...
