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20.07.2005 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has recently carried out a five-day visit to the United Kingdom.
The visit, which began on 11 July 2005, was carried out by two members of the CPT, Mario FELICE, a Maltese lawyer (Head of delegation) and Pétur HAUKSSON, an Icelandic psychiatrist. They were assisted by Dan DERMENGIU, Director of the National Institute for Forensic Medicine, Bucharest, Romania and supported by Geneviève MAYER, Deputy Executive Secretary of the CPT and Hugh CHETWYND, Head of Unit.
The delegation examined the treatment of persons detained under the Terrorism Act 2000. In this context, the delegation visited Paddington Green High Security Police Station and Belmarsh Prison (London). The delegation also examined the practical operation of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and met various persons served with Control Orders.
Further, the delegation interviewed certain persons detained at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre (Kidlington), and examined conditions of detention in that establishment.
Another part of the visit was dedicated to monitoring the treatment and conditions of detention of a person convicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), who is serving his sentence in the United Kingdom (1)
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(1) This specific monitoring activity of the CPT flows from an Exchange of letters between the ICTY and the CPT dated 7 and 24 November 2000 and the Agreement between the United Nations and the United Kingdom Government of 11 March 2004.
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