Strasbourg,
07.01.2008 – During its visit to Switzerland in September/October 2007, the
CPT's delegation followed up a number of issues examined during previous visits,
in particular the fundamental safeguards against ill-treatment offered to
persons in police custody and the situation of persons deprived of their liberty
under aliens legislation. With regard to prisons, particular attention was paid
to the conditions of detention of persons against whom a compulsory placement
measure or institutional therapeutic measures had been ordered, as well as to
conditions in the security units. The delegation also examined the situation of
juveniles and young adults in education centres.
Today's publication
concerns the preliminary observations made by
the CPT's delegation to the Swiss authorities at the end of the visit.
