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STRASBOURG, 24.4.97 - The Danish Government has decided to make public the report of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on its visit to Denmark in 1996.
Under Article 11 of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the information gathered by the Committee in relation to a visit, its report and its consultations with the State concerned are confidential. However, the State concerned may agree to lift the rule of confidentiality provided for in the Convention.
The CPT's visit to Denmark was carried out from 29 September to 9 October 1996, within the framework of the Committee's programme of periodic visits for 1996. The CPT's delegation visited the following places of detention:
Police establishments
Århus
- Police Headquarters
Copenhagen
- Police Headquarters
- Police Station No. 1
- Police Station No. 2
- Police Station No. 3
- Police Station No. 6
- Mobile Squad (Uropatruljen)
Esbjerg
- Police Headquarters
Horsens
- Police Headquarters
Prisons
Copenhagen
- Herstedvester Institution
- Police Headquarters Prison
- Western Prison
Horsens
- Horsens State Prison
Esbjerg
- Esbjerg Local Jail (Arresthus)
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 1.5.97), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, the Netherlands, 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.
The Committee's 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 Committee organises periodic visits as well as any other visits which appear to it to be required in the circumstances.
The CPT's report on its visit to Denmark (61 pages) can be obtained from:
A 5 page summary of the CPT's main findings can be faxed upon request.
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