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12.12.2003 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a visit to Croatia from 1 to 9 December 2003. It was the Committee's second periodic visit to Croatia.
During the visit, the CPT's delegation followed up a certain number of issues already examined during the previous visit in 1998, in particular in respect of the treatment of persons held in police establishments and prisons. It also visited, for the first time, an establishment which holds foreign nationals awaiting enforcement of a removal order, as well as a psychiatric hospital and a social care home for the mentally ill.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Renate KICKER (Head of
Delegation) (Austrian)
- Mario FELICE (Maltese)
- Anhelita
KAMENSKA (Latvian)
- Andres LEHTMETS (Estonian)
- Esteban MESTRE-DELGADO
(Spanish)
- Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN (Danish).
They were supported by Fabrice KELLENS, Head of Unit, and Edo KORLJAN of the CPT's Secretariat, and assisted by Clive MEUX, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Oxford, United Kingdom.
In the course of the visit, the delegation held consultations with Ingrid ANTICEVIC-MARINOVIC, Minister of Justice, Andro VLAHUŠIC, Minister of Health, Nino ŽGANEC, Vice Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Josip HEHET, Head of Prison Administration, Milan PEMPER, Deputy Director General of the Police, as well as with senior officials from the Ministries of Justice, Health, Interior, and Labour and Social Welfare.
The delegation visited the following places:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior
Split Police Administration
- Police Station No.1, Split
- Trogir Police Station
Zagreb Police Administation
- Crnomerec Police Station
- Immigration Police, Zagreb International Airport
- Unit for detention, escort and security, Đordiceva Street
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- Ježevo Detention Centre for Illegal Immigrants
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
- Lepoglava State Prison
- Split County Prison
- Temporary holding cells, Zagreb County Court
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Health
- Vrapce Psychiatric Hospital
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare
- Nuštar Social Care Home for the Mentally Ill
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