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STRASBOURG, 28.04.98 - The Danish Government has decided to make public its follow-up report in response to the report drawn up by the COUNCIL OF EUROPE's Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) after its visit to Denmark in 1996. This follow-up report forms part of the ongoing dialogue established between the CPT and the Danish authorities.
The CPT's report on its 1996 visit was published in April 1997 and the interim report of the Danish Government in December 1997.
The CPT was set up under the 1987 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. To date, 38 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 (as from June 1998), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 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, 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 CPT organises periodic visits as well as any other visits which appear to it to be required in the circumstances.
The Danish Government's follow-up report (26 pages) can be obtained from:
STRASBOURG
COPENHAGEN
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