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STRASBOURG, 02.10.98 - A delegation of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has recently carried out an eleven-day visit to Croatia. The visit began on 20 September 1998 and was organised within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 1998. It was the Committee's first periodic visit to Croatia.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
John OLDEN, 2nd Vice-President of the CPT, Head of the Delegation (Irish)
Christina DOCTARE (Swedish)
Lambert KELCHTERMANS (Belgian)
Renate KICKER (Austrian)
Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN (Danish).
They were assisted by two experts - Rodney MORGAN (Professor of Criminal Justice, University of Bristol, United Kingdom) and Derrick POUNDER (Professor of Forensic Medicine, University of Dundee, United Kingdom) - as well as by Trevor STEVENS (Secretary of the CPT) and Bojana URUMOVA of the CPT’s Secretariat.
The delegation visited the following places:
Police establishments
Sisak-Moslavacka Police Administration
Sisak Police Station
Split-Dalmatia Police Administration
- Police Station No. I, Split
- Police Station No. II, Split
- Makarska Police Station
- Sinj Police Station
Šibenik-Knin Police Administration
- Knin Police Station
- Šibenik Police Station
Headquarters of the Criminal Police, Šibenik (Mandalina)
Zagreb Police Administration
- Crnomerec Police Station
- Trešnjevka Police Station
- Trnje Police Station
Unit for detention, escort and security, Ðordiceva 4
Prison establishments
- Lepoglava State Prison
- Split County Prison
- Šibenik County Prison
Zagreb County Prison
Hospital for persons deprived of their liberty, Zagreb
Establishments for young offenders
Institution for the re-education of minors, Turopolje
In accordance with Article 11 of the European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the information gathered by the CPT in relation to its visit to Croatia and its consultations with the Croatian authorities are confidential.
The CPT was set up under the 1987 European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. To date, 39 member States of the Council of Europe are bound by the Convention: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
The CPT is composed of persons from a variety of backgrounds: lawyers, medical doctors, prison experts, persons with parliamentary experience, etc. The Committee's task is to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. For this purpose, it is entitled to visit any place where such persons are held by a public authority. The Committee may formulate recommendations to strengthen, if necessary, their protection against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The CPT organises periodic visits as well as any other visits which appear to it to be required in the circumstances.
Further information may be obtained from:
the CPT's Internet Site: www.cpt.coe.int
the Council of Europe Press
Department:
Sabine ZIMMER, tel. +33/(0)3 88 41 25 97; fax +33/(0)3 88 41 27 90; e-mail pressunit@coe.fr
the CPT’s
Secretariat:
tel. +33/(0)3 88 41 23 88; fax +33/(0)3 88 41 27 72; e-mail cptdoc@coe.int
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