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STRASBOURG, 10.04.2001 - The Croatian Government has requested the publication of the report of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on the visit to Croatia in September 1998 and of its interim and follow-up responses.
Under Article 11 of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the information gathered by the Committee in relation to a visit, its report and its consultations with the State concerned are confidential. However, the State may decide to lift the rule of confidentiality provided for in the Convention.
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The CPT's visit to Croatia was carried out from 20 to 30 September 1998, within the framework of the Committee's programme of periodic visits for 1998.
The delegation visited twelve police establishments, five prisons (including the Prison Hospital) and an establishment for young offenders, namely:
Police establishments
Sisak-Moslavačka 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
- Črnomerec Police Station
- Trešnjevka Police Station
- Trnje Police Station
- Unit for detention, escort and security,
Đorđićeva 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
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The CPT was set up under the 1987 European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. 41 of the 43 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, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, 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, police and 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 and to interview those persons in private. 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 other visits which appear to it be required in the circumstances.
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The CPT's report on its visit to Croatia in 1998 (90 pages) and the responses of the Croatian Government (69 pages) can 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 or Cathie BURTON tel.
+33/(0)3 88 41 28 93 fax +33/(0)3 88 41 27 90 ;
E-mail pressunit@coe.int
- the CPT’s Secretariat: tel.
+33/(0)3 88 41 39 39; fax: +33/(0)3 88 41 27 72;
E-mail cptdoc@coe.int
A 6 page summary of the CPT's main findings can be faxed upon request.
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