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Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes
Czech response on follow-up given to
Committee's recommendations
Strasbourg, 20.03.2006 - In a second follow-up
response published today with its agreement, the Czech Government provides
additional information concerning the implementation of recommendations made by
the European Committee for the prevention of torture (CPT) after its visit to
the Czech Republic in April 2002. The CPT visit
report focused on the safeguards offered to persons detained by the police
and examined, for the first time in the Czech Republic, the conditions of stay
in holding facilities for foreigners, as well as the treatment of psychiatric
patients.
Building on its initial response and the first follow-up response, which
cover the years 2003 and 2004, the Czech Government indicates the steps taken in
2005 to further implement the CPT’s recommendations and highlights planned
action for the future.
The CPT's visit report and the
initial response of the Czech authorities
(published on 12 March 2004) as well as the follow-up responses, are available
on the CPT's website http://www.cpt.coe.int
These documents are also available in Czech on the Government's website :
http://wtd.vlada.cz/eng/vybory.htm
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