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Strasbourg, 18.05.2007 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently carried out an eleven-day visit to Croatia. The visit, which began on 4 May 2007, was the CPT’s third periodic visit to Croatia.
The visit provided an opportunity to review the action taken by the Croatian authorities to improve the treatment of persons detained by the police and the practical operation of the safeguards in place. In the area of prisons, particular attention was paid to the treatment and regime of prisoners serving very long terms and of remand prisoners. Further, the delegation visited for the first time the only re-education institution for girls and young women in Požega. The delegation also examined the situation of adults with psychiatric disorders or intellectual disabilities in a social care home in Pula and paid a follow-up visit to Vrapče Psychiatric Hospital.
In the course of the visit, the CPT’s delegation held consultations with Ante-Zvonimir Golem, State Secretary at the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Velimir Čolović, Assistant to the Minister of Justice, and Jakob Bukvić, General Police Deputy Director, Ministry of the Interior, as well as with senior officials from relevant Ministries. It also met Jurica Malčić, the Croatian Ombudsman, and held discussions with members of non-governmental and international organisations active in areas of concern to the CPT.
At the end of the visit, the delegation presented its preliminary observations to the Croatian authorities.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
They were supported by Johan FRIESTEDT and Isabelle SERVOZ-GALLUCCI of the CPT's Secretariat, and assisted by Roger HOUCHIN, Co-director of the Glasgow Centre for the Study of Violence, Glasgow Caledonian University (United Kingdom).
The delegation visited the following places:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior
Brod-Posavina Police Administration
- Nova Gradiška Police Station
Istria Police Administration
- Labin Police Station
- Pula Police Station
Osijek-Baranja Police Administration
- Beli Manastir Police Station
Primorje-Gorski Kotar Police Administration
- Pasjak Road Border Crossing Police Station
- Rijeka I Police Station
- Rupa Border Police Station
Varaždin Police Administration
- Varaždin Police Station
Zagreb Police Administration
- Črnomerec Zagreb II Police Station (follow-up visit)
- Zagreb Airport Police Station (follow-up visit)
- Detention and Escort Unit (“JZP”), Senjak district, Zagreb
- Ježevo Detention Centre for Foreigners (follow-up visit)
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
- Lepoglava State Prison (follow-up visit)
- Osijek County Prison (follow-up visit)
- Rijeka County Prison
- Požega Re-education Institution for girls and young women
In addition, the delegation interviewed recently arrived remand prisoners at Zagreb County Prison.
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
- Vrapče Psychiatric Hospital (follow-up visit)
- “Vila Maria” Social Care Home for adults with psychiatric disorders or intellectual disabilities, Pula
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