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Strasbourg, 04.10.2007 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently carried out a two-week visit to Spain. The visit, which began on 19 September 2007, was the CPT’s fifth periodic visit to that country.
During the visit, the CPT’s delegation reviewed the treatment of persons detained by various police services (including the Policia Nacional, the Guardia Civil, the Ertzaintza and the Mossos d’Esquadra). It also examined the application in practice of safeguards against ill-treatment and conditions of detention in police establishments. The delegation visited a number of prisons, focusing on various categories of prisoners, including those in disciplinary segregation and in special departments. It paid particular attention to the use of mechanical restraints in prisons. Finally, the delegation reviewed the treatment of foreign unaccompanied minors in the Canary Islands and of persons not admitted to Spanish territory at the Barajas International Airport.
In the course of the visit, the CPT’s delegation held consultations, at the
central level, with the Minister of the Interior, Mr Alfredo PEREZ RUBALCABA and
the Secretary of State for Security, Mr Antonio CAMACHO VIZCAINO, as well as
with the President of the Audiencia Nacional, Mr Carlos DIVAR BLANCO, the
Prosecutor-General, Mr Cándido CONDE-PUMPIDO TOURON, and the Director-General of
Penitentiary Institutions, Ms Mercedes GALLIZO LLAMAS. It also met with
representatives of the General Council of the Judiciary of Spain.
In Catalonia, the delegation met with representatives of the Generalitat de
Catalunya, notably the Secretary for the Penitentiary Service, Mr Albert BATTLE
I BASTARDAS, and the Secretary of Security, Mr Joan DELORT I MENAL. In the
Basque Country, it met with the Secretary for the Interior of the Eusko
Jaurlaritza, Mr Javier BALZA AGUILERA.
The delegation also met the Catalan Ombudsman, Mr Rafael RIBO I MASSO and the
Ombudsman for the Basque Country, Mr Iñigo LAMARCA ITURBE. Further, it held
discussions with representatives of non-governmental organisations active in
areas of concern to the CPT.
At the end of the visit, the delegation presented its preliminary observations
to the Spanish authorities.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Mauro PALMA, Head of delegation,
President of the CPT
- Silvia CASALE
- Marija DEFINIS-GOJANOVIC
- Vladimir ORTAKOV
- Celso DAS NEVES MANATA
They were supported by Hugh CHETWYND (Head of Division), Caterina BOLOGNESE
and Kristian BARTHOLIN of the CPT's Secretariat, and assisted by Mark KELLY,
Director of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, Ireland (expert), and Rolf
TEMPERLI, Medical Doctor, Switzerland (expert).
The delegation visited the following places of deprivation of liberty:
Establishments under the Ministry of Interior of Spain
National Police
Madrid area
• National Police Station, Arganzuela
• Offices of the Provincial Brigade
of the Judicial Police (BPPJ), Headquarters of the National Police
• Central Registry of detained
persons, Moratalaz
• National Police Station, Moratalaz
• National Police Station, Tetuan
• National Police Station, Puente de
Vallecas
• National Police Station, Barajas
Airport, Madrid
• Barajas Airport Immigration Service
and waiting area
Basque Country
• National Police Provincial
Headquarters, San Sebastian
Catalonia
• National Police District
Headquarters, Barcelona
• National Police Station,
Grannollers
• National Police Station, St. Felliu
de Llobregat
Canary Islands
• National Police Provincial
Headquarters, St. Cruz de Tenerife, Tenerife
• National Police Station, Playa de
las Américas, Tenerife
Guardia Civil
Madrid area
• Detention Unit of the Central
Section of the Information Service, Calle Guzman el Bueno
Basque Country
• Vizcaya District Headquarters, Bilbao
• Baracaldo Station, Bilbao
• Northern Terrorism Unit of the Information Service and
detention cells, Gipǔzkoa District Headquarters, Intxaurrondo, San Sebastian
• Alava District Headquarters, Vitoria
Prison establishments
• Madrid I Prison (Alcalá-Meco)*
• Madrid II Prison (Alcalá-Meco)*
• Madrid III Prison (Valdemoro)*
• Madrid V Prison (Soto del Real)
• Nanclares de la Oca Prison, Basque
Country
• San Sebastian Prison, Basque
Country
(*establishments visited for the purpose of interviewing certain prisoners)
Establishments under the Autonomous Regional Government of the Basque
Country (Eusko Jaurlaritza)
Basque Autonomous Police (Ertzaintza)
• Ertzaintza Station, Bilbao
• Ertzaintza Station, Vitoria
• Gipǔzkoa District Information and
Analysis Service of the Ertzaintza, Oiartzun
Establishments under the Autonomous Regional Government of Catalonia
(Generalitat de Catalunya)
Department of Justice
• Penitentiary Centre for men (“la
Modelo”), Barcelona
• Penitentiary Centre Brians 1
• Penitentiary Centre, Girona
• Penitentiary Centre Quatre Camins
Department of the Interior
Catalan Autonomous Police (Mossos d’Esquadra)
• Mossos d’Esquadra District Station
« Les Corts », Barcelona
• Mossos d’Esquadra Station at metro
station «Catalunya», Barcelona
• Mossos d’Esquadra District Station,
Grannollers
• Mossos d’Esquadra District Station,
Girona
• Mossos d’Esquadra District Station,
l’Hospitalet
Catalan local police
• Local Police Station, Grannollers
• Local Police Station, St Felliu de
Llobregat
Establishments under the Autonomous Regional Government of the Canary
Islands (Gobierno de Canarias)
• Emergency Facility for
Unaccompanied Foreign Minors in the Canary Islands (DEMENEAC La Esperanza -
Escuela Hogar I and II), La Esperanza, Tenerife
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