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STRASBOURG, 23.12.97 - A delegation of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has recently carried out an eleven day visit to Albania. The visit, which began on 9 December 1997, was organised within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 1997.
The members of the delegation were:
The delegation was assisted by Dominique BERTRAND (Head of the Prison Medicine Division, University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland), Odile DIAMANT-BERGER (Forensic doctor, Head of the Emergency Service at the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Paris, France), André LAUBSCHER (Director of the Department of Nursing at the University Institutes of Geriatric Medicine and Psychiatry, Belle-Idée, Geneva, Switzerland) and Jean SABATINI (Psychiatrist, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, Forensic Medical Laboratory, "Laennec" Faculty of Medicine, Lyon, France) as well as by two members of the CPT's Secretariat, Fabrice KELLENS and Borys WÓDZ.
The delegation visited the following places:
Police establishments :
Prison establishments :
Psychiatric establishments :
The CPT's delegation also held talks with the Albanian authorities and met representatives of other international organisations working in Albania, in particular the ICRC, the OSCE and the WEU.
In accordance with Article 11 of the European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the information gathered by the CPT in relation to its visit to Albania and its consultations with the Albanian authorities are confidential.
The CPT was set up under the 1987 European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The following member States of the Council of Europe are bound by the Convention: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia (as from 1 February 1998), Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova (as from 1 February 1998), the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
The CPT is composed of persons from a variety of backgrounds: lawyers, medical doctors, prison experts, persons with parliamentary experience, etc. Its task is to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. For this purpose, it is entitled to visit any place where such persons are held by a public authority. It may formulate recommendations to strengthen, if necessary, their protection against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The CPT organises periodic visits as well as any other visits which appear to it to be required in the circumstances.
For further information:
Founded in 1949, the Council of Europe is the oldest European Organisation. Based in Strasbourg, France, it has 40 member countries and covers every policy area except defence. It is separate from the European Union.
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