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[23.10.02] - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the
Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
carried out its first visit to Armenia from 6 to 17 October 2002. The visit took
place shortly after the entry into force, in respect of Armenia, of the European
Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment.
During the visit, the CPT's delegation focused its attention on the treatment of
persons detained by the police, on the conditions of detention in Armenian penal
establishments and on the situation in military detention facilities. The
delegation also visited a psychiatric establishment, where it examined, in
particular, the wards for compulsory treatment and for forensic psychiatric
assessment.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Petros MICHAELIDES (Head of
Delegation) (Cypriot)
- Emilia DRUMEVA (Bulgarian)
- Zdenek HÁJEK (Czech)
- Andres LEHTMETS (Estonian)
- Florin STANESCU (Romanian).
They were assisted by Andrew COYLE, Director of the International Centre for
Prison Studies, London, United Kingdom, Marianne KASTRUP, Psychiatrist, Centre
for Transcultural Psychiatry, Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as by Wolfgang RAU
and Borys WÒDZ of the CPT's Secretariat.
In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation held consultations with Davit
HARUTYUNYAN, Minister of Justice, Ararat MKRTCHYAN, Minister for Public Health,
Ararat MAHTESYAN, First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Vladimir SARGSYAN,
Head of Investigation Department at the Ministry of National Security, Hayrakam
STEPANYAN, First Deputy Director of Military Police, and Vahgarshak VARDANYAN,
Head of the Department for Supervision of Implementation of Criminal Punishments
of the General Prosecutor's Office.
The delegation visited the following places:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Temporary detention centre of the
Department of Internal Affairs of the City of Yerevan
- Arabkir District Division of
Internal Affairs, Yerevan
- Kentron District Division of
Internal Affairs, Yerevan
- Shengavit District Division of
Internal Affairs, Yerevan
- Zeitun-Kanaker District Division of
Internal Affairs, Yerevan
- Akhurian Department of Internal
Affairs, Temporary detention centre and police station
- Fourth District Division of
Internal Affairs, Gyumri
- Hrazdan Department of Internal
Affairs, Temporary detention centre and police station
- Maralik Department of Internal
Affairs, Temporary detention centre and police station
- Sevan Department of Internal
Affairs, Temporary detention centre and police station
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of National Security
- Isolator of the Ministry of National Security, Yerevan
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
- Erebuni Prison, Yerevan
- Nubarashen Prison, Yerevan
- Hospital for Prisoners, Yerevan
- Gyumri Prison
- Sevan Prison
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry for Public Health
- Nubarashen Republican Psychiatric
Hospital, Yerevan
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Defence
- Yerevan Central Detention Centre of the Military Police
- Detention House of Yerevan Garrison
- Yerevan Military Police Division
- Shirak Military Police Division, Gyumri
New:
"CPT
Standards" now available in Armenian language
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