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STRASBOURG, 03.06.98 - 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 three day visit to Frankfurt am Main Airport. The visit began on 25 May 1998.
During the visit, the CPT's delegation focused its attention on the situation of asylum seekers at the Frankfurt am Main Airport during the examination of their request. The Committee also examined the conditions under which removal orders concerning aliens were enforced.
The visit also afforded an opportunity to examine conditions in the Custom Services' detention facilities at Frankfurt am Main Airport.
The delegation met senior officials of the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Federal Ministry of the Interior (including representatives of the Federal Border Protection Authority) and the Ministry of the Environment, Energy, Youth, Family and Health of the Land of Hessen. Further, it held discussions with the Chief Public Prosecutor and other representatives of the Frankfurt am Main Public Prosecution Service.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
Mrs Ingrid LYCKE ELLINGSEN, First Vice-President of the CPT, Head of Delegation (Norwegian)
Mrs Emilia DRUMEVA (Bulgarian)
Mr Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN (Danish)
They were accompagnied by Mrs Geneviève MAYER, Deputy Secretary of the CPT, and Edo KORLJAN of the CPT's Secretariat.
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, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation (as from 1 September 1998), San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Turkey, Ukraine 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. 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 Germany and its consultations with the German authorities are confidential.
Further information may be obtained from:
A political organisation set up in 1949, the Council of Europe promotes democracy and human rights continent-wide. It also develops common responses to social, cultural and legal challenges in its 40 member states.
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