Press Release
Council of Europe's Anti-Torture Committee:
latest report on Spain
Strasbourg, 13.03.2003 - Safeguards against ill-treatment by law
enforcement officials in Spain are examined in a report
published today by the Council of Europe’s Anti-Torture Committee (CPT).
During the visit, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture
and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment continued to receive
allegations of ill-treatment by National Police and Civil Guard officers. It
also gathered evidence, including of a medical nature, consistent with those
allegations. In its report, the CPT concludes that the existing legal framework
fails to provide detained persons with an effective set of safeguards against
ill-treatment.
The report, published at the request of the Spanish authorities together
with their response, concerns a visit
carried out in July 2001. In their response, the Spanish authorities indicate
that they do not consider it necessary to review the current legal framework.
The CPT report and the response of the Spanish authorities are available
on the CPT’s website (http://www.cpt.coe.int).
