2014 News
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on San Marino
During the visit, the CPT delegation paid particular attention to conditions of detention at San Marino Prison, safeguards for persons detained by law enforcement agencies and psychiatric patients subjected to “compulsory medical treatment” (TSO). The delegation also visited two homes for the...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Cyprus
In the course of the visit, the CPT’s delegation examined the treatment of persons detained by the police (including immigration detainees) at nine police stations, and the effectiveness of the formal safeguards against ill-treatment which are available to such persons. It visited the Menoyia...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee visits the Russian Federation
The main objective of the visit was to review the situation of prisoners serving a life sentence, in particular the regime and security measures applied to them. To that end, the CPT’s delegation visited two penitentiary establishments where life-sentenced prisoners are held: Colony No. 6 in...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on the Slovak Republic
During the visit, the CPT’s delegation reviewed the treatment of persons detained by the police and examined in detail the situation of female and juvenile prisoners, as well as the measures taken in response to the Committee’s recommendations made in the report on the 2009 visit as regards...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Greece
The visit took place two years after the CPT had issued a public statement in which it had expressed serious concerns regarding the lack of effective action to tackle systemic deficiencies concerning the conditions of detention of irregular migrants and the situation in the prisons. Regrettably,...
CPT participates in round table with Russian authorities
The discussions focused on the implementation by the Russian authorities of the recommendations made by the CPT in the past, and, in particular, in the two aforementioned visit reports. Particular attention was paid to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by law enforcement agencies...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Denmark
In relation to prison matters, no allegations of deliberate physical ill-treatment by prison staff were received and the report notes positively the downward trend in the resort to solitary confinement of remand prisoners by court order. That said, the CPT reiterates its recommendation to...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Poland
The visit provided an opportunity to assess the extent to which the recommendations made after previous CPT visits have been implemented. Particular attention was paid to the treatment of persons in police custody, and prison conditions (with a focus on prison health-care and prisoners classified...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Lithuania
In the course of the visit, particular attention was paid to the treatment of persons detained by the police and the conditions of detention in police arrest houses. The treatment and regime of prisoners, including life-sentenced prisoners, were also examined. In addition, a targeted visit was...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Montenegro
As it had been the case in the course of the previous CPT’s visit to Montenegro in September 2008, its delegation received many allegations of deliberate physical ill-treatment by police officers of persons deprived of their liberty. The alleged ill-treatment mainly consisted of slaps, punches,...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Hungary
The CPT received several complaints about excessive use of force by police officers at the time of apprehension and ill-treatment during police questioning (slaps, punches, kicks, kneeing and blows with batons). Moreover, the Committee’s delegation heard some accounts of verbal abuse, including...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Ukraine
The main objective of the visit was to re-examine the situation of persons held by law enforcement officials as well as that of remand prisoners, in particular in the light of the provisions of the new Code of Criminal Procedure which entered into force in November 2012. For this purpose, the...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on the United Kingdom
In Scotland, the CPT examined developments there since its last visit in 2003, particularly as concerns the situation of female prisoners (Cornton Vale, Edinburgh and Greenock Prisons) and adult males on remand (Barlinnie and Kilmarnock Prisons). It also looked into the treatment and conditions...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Croatia
In the course of the 2012 visit, the CPT received only a few allegations of physical ill-treatment and verbal harassment by law enforcement officials either at the time of apprehension or during questioning at police stations. The report examines the application of the procedural guarantees...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Estonia
In the course of the 2012 visit, the CPT’s delegation received almost no allegations of physical ill-treatment of persons detained by the police; practically all the detained persons interviewed by the delegation who were or had recently been in police custody said that they had been treated...
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