The CPT and France
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) visits France overseas (French Guiana and Guadeloupe)
18/12/2023
During the visit, particular attention was paid to the conditions of detention of persons deprived of liberty in prisons, including remand establishments, affected by overcrowding. Further, the delegation examined the treatment and safeguards afforded to involuntary patients in psychiatric...
France: anti-torture Committee deplores conditions of detention, prison overcrowding and lack of psychiatric beds
24/06/2021
As regards police establishments, while the majority of those interviewed did not report any physical ill-treatment, several people indicated that they had been deliberately beaten during their arrest or on police premises. Allegations of insults, including of a racist or homophobic nature, were...
Ad hoc visit: 28/11/2023 - 14/12/2023 (French Guiana and Guadeloupe)
- CPT report: not yet published
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Ad hoc visit: 06/07/2020 - 10/07/2020
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (2021) 16]
- Government response (in French): [CPT/Inf (2021) 17]
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Periodic visit: 04/12/2019 - 18/12/2019
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (2021) 14]
- Government response (in French): [CPT/Inf (2021) 15]
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Ad hoc visit: 23/11/2018 - 30/11/2018
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (2020) 11]
- Government response (in French): [CPT/Inf (2020) 12]
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Periodic visit: 15/11/2015 - 27/11/2015
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (2017) 7]
- Government response (in French): [CPT/Inf (2017) 8]
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Periodic visit: 28/11/2010 - 10/12/2010
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (2012) 13]
- Government response (in French): [CPT/Inf (2012) 14]
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Ad hoc visit: 25/11/2008 - 01/12/2008 (Guyana)
Periodic visit: 27/09/2006 - 09/10/2006
Ad hoc visit: 13/12/2004 - 20/12/2004 (La Réunion)
Ad hoc visit: 11/06/2003 - 17/06/2003
Ad hoc visit: 17/06/2002 - 21/06/2002
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (2003) 40]
- Government response (in French): [CPT/inf (2003) 41]
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Periodic visit: 14/05/2000 - 26/05/2000
Periodic visit: 06/10/1996 - 18/10/1996
Ad hoc visit: 20/07/1994 - 22/07/1994
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (96) 2 Part 1]
- Government response (in French): [CPT/Inf (96) 2 Part 2]
Ad hoc visit: 03/07/1994 - 07/07/1994 (Martinique)
- CPT report (in French): [CPT/Inf (96) 24 Part 1]
- Government observations and follow-up report (in French): [CPT/Inf (96) 24 Part 2]
Periodic visit: 27/10/1991 - 08/11/1991
Preventing torture in Europe
www.cpt.coe.int
Ratification of ECPT: | 1989 |
Visits carried out:
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16 7 9 |
Reports adopted: | 16 |
Reports published: | 15 |
Automatic publication procedure: | No |
Public Statement: | None |