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[15.05.03] - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has recently carried out a two-week visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The visit, which began on 27 April 2003 was the first time that the CPT examined the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Renate KICKER (Head of delegation) (Austrian)
- Ioanna BABASSIKA (Greek)
- Petur HAUKSSON (Icelander)
- Mauro PALMA (Italian)
- Pierre SCHMIT (Luxemburger).
They were assisted by two experts: Clive MEUX, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Oxford, United Kingdom, and Derrick POUNDER, Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Dundee, United Kingdom, as well as by Fabrice KELLENS, Head of Unit, and Bojana URUMOVA of the CPT's Secretariat.
In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation held consultations with the competent ministerial authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, as well as with senior officials responsible for police establishments, prisons and psychiatric hospitals. The Committee also held talks with representatives of international institutions (ICRC, EUPM, OHR, OSCE).
The delegation visited the following establishments:
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Police establishments
Police Administrations of Mostar and Novo Sarajevo
Mostar Centar, Posuje and iroki Brijeg Police Stations
Prisons
Mostar and Sarajevo Remand Prisons
Zenica Prison (including the psychiatric annexe)
Republika Srpska
Police establishments
Banja Luka and Srpsko Sarajevo Centers for Public Security
Banja Luka 1 & 3, Pale and Srpsko Sarajevo Police Stations
Prisons
Banja Luka and Srpsko Sarajevo Remand Prisons
Psychiatric establishments
Jake Institution for the Treatment and Rehabilitation and Social Protection
of chronic mental patients, Modrica
Sokolac Psychiatric Hospital
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