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STRASBOURG, 15.09.98 - 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 a ten-day visit to Ireland. The visit began on 31 August 1998 and was organised within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 1998. It was the Committee's second periodic visit to Ireland, the first having taken place in 1993.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
They were assisted by Mr Wolfgang BONTE, Director of the Institute for Forensic Medecine, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany (expert), and Mr Daniel GLEZER, Head of the Regional Psychiatric and Psychological Medical Service at Marseilles "Les Baumettes" Prison, France (expert), as well as by Mr Mark KELLY and Mr Edo KORLJAN of the CPT’s Secretariat.
The delegation visited the following places:
Police (Garda Síochána) establishments
Prisons
Psychiatric establishments
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 Ireland and its consultations with the Irish 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:
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