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Finnish response to preliminary observations by Council of
Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) after visit to
Finland in April 2008
Strasbourg, 17.09.2008 - In preliminary observations made at the end of its
visit to Finland in April 2008, the CPT’s delegation requested the Finnish
authorities to provide the Committee with detailed information about the
legislative and organisational steps envisaged to eliminate the practice of
holding persons on remand in police establishments, information on steps taken
to end the practice of “slopping out” at Helsinki Prison, and a detailed action
plan to reduce significantly recourse to seclusion at Vanha Vaasa State
Psychiatric Hospital. By letter of 29 August 2008, the Finnish authorities
provided their response; it will be taken into account in the context of the
preparation of the CPT’s report on the 2008 visit to Finland.
The response is published with the
agreement of the Finnish authorities.
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