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23.07.03 A delegation of the Council of
Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently carried out a six-day visit to Albania. The
visit began on 13 July 2003 and was the Committee's fifth to Albania.
The main purpose of the
visit was to examine the treatment of persons detained by law enforcement
agencies and the efficacy of legal remedies in cases involving allegations of
ill-treatment. The delegation visited three police
establishments and also went to Prison N° 313 in Tirana, in order to interview
persons who had recently been in police custody.
In
addition, the delegation carried out a follow-up visit to Elbasan Psychiatric
Hospital, in order to review the measures taken by the Albanian authorities
following the recommendations made by the CPT after its two previous visits to
that establishment.
The visit
was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
Mario BENEDITTINI (Head of
Delegation) (San Marinese)
Palma MAURO (Italian)
Erik SVANIDZE (Georgian).
They were
assisted by two experts, Dan DERMENGIU, Director, Associate Professor in
Forensic Medicine, Medical Faculty "Carol Davila" (Bucharest,
Romania), and Catherine PAULET, Psychiatrist, Regional Medical and Psychological
Service (Marseille, France), as well as by Michael NEURAUTER of the CPT's
Secretariat.
In the
course of the visit, the delegation held meetings with Luan RAMA, Minister of
Public Order, Sokol HAZIZI, Deputy Minister of Justice, and Eduard HASHORVA,
Deputy Minister of Health, as well as with Theodori SOLLAKU, General Prosecutor
of the Republic, and Jorgo DHRAMI, Deputy People’s Advocate. In addition, it
met senior officials, judges and civil and military prosecutors.
The delegation
visited the following places:
Establishments
under the authority of the Ministry of Public Order
- Police Directorate, Elbasan
- Police Directorate, Shkodra
- Police Station N° 2, Tirana
Establishments
under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
- Prison N° 313, Tirana
Establishments
under the authority of the Ministry of Health
- Elbasan Psychiatric Hospital.
In addition, the delegation
went to the Prison Hospital and the Military Hospital in Tirana, in order to
examine medical files of persons deprived of their liberty.
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