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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on
Denmark
Strasbourg, 25.09.2008 – The Danish government has requested the publication
of the report of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture
(CPT) on its visit to Denmark in February 2008. The visit was carried out within
the framework of the CPT’s programme of periodic visits for 2008; it was the
Committee’s fourth visit to Denmark.
The CPT’s delegation reviewed the measures taken by the Danish authorities to
implement the recommendations made by the Committee after previous visits. The
delegation examined in detail various issues concerning detention by the police,
as well as the detention of asylum-seekers and other foreigners in the Ellebæk
Establishment. As regards prisons, particular attention was paid to the
treatment of maximum security prisoners. In the Herstedvester Establishment, the
delegation focused on the treatment of sexual offenders who were receiving, or
had been offered, anti-hormone therapy, as well as on the situation of prisoners
from Greenland. In addition, the delegation visited two psychiatric
establishments, where it examined in particular the legal safeguards afforded to
patients in the context of the use of restraint. The delegation also visited two
secure institutions for minors and juveniles.
The Danish government is currently preparing its response to the issues raised
by the Committee.
The report is available in English on the website
http://www.cpt.coe.int
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