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[06.05.02] - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a visit to the Czech Republic from 21 to 30 April 2002. It was the CPT's second periodic visit to the Czech Republic.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
They were assisted by Odile DIAMANT-BERGER, Senior Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, France, Catherine PAULET, Psychiatrist, France, as well as by Edo KORLJAN and Michael NEURAUTER of the CPT's Secretariat.
During this visit, the CPT's delegation met Bela HEJNÁ, Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Alois CIHLÁR, Deputy Minister of Justice, Petr IBL, Deputy Minister of Interior, and Antonin MALINA, Deputy Minister of Health. It also held talks with Jan JARAB, Government's Commissioner for Human Rights.
The CPT's delegation reviewed measures taken by the Czech authorities in response to the Committee's recommendations made after its 1997 visit, in particular as regards the safeguards offered to persons detained by the police. Issues tackled for the first time in the Czech Republic included the conditions of stay in holding facilities for foreigners as well as the treatment of psychiatric patients.
The delegation visited the following places:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Interior
Ostrava region:
Plzen region:
Prague region:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Health
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
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