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STRASBOURG, 4.03.97 - 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 a ten-day visit to the Czech Republic. The visit, which began on 16 February 1997, was carried out within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 1997.
The members of the delegation were:
The delegation was assisted by Marianne KASTRUP (Head of the Department of Psychiatry at Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark) and Sonja SNACKEN (Professor of Criminology and Sociology of Law at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium) and was accompanied by Mark KELLY and Jan MALINOWSKI of the CPT's Secretariat.
The delegation visited the following places:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport
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 the Czech Republic and its consultations with the Czech 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 (as from 1 May 1997), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey 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.
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