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Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee
publishes report on Ireland
Strasbourg, 18.09.2003 –
The Irish Government has requested the publication of the report
of the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on
its visit to Ireland in May 2002, together with the response
of the Irish government.
The
visit was carried out within the CPT’s programme of periodic visits for 2002.
It was the Committee’s third visit to Ireland. The CPT visited a number of
police stations, prisons and psychiatric establishments, in particular in Dublin
and Cork. In the report, the Committee pays particular attention to the
treatment of persons detained by the Garda Síochána (police) and measures
taken to improve conditions of detention and health care services in prison. It
also examines the situation of detained children and of persons cared for in the
Central Mental Hospital and in institutions for the mentally disabled.
The
response sets out steps taken by the Irish Government in the light of the
CPT’s recommendations; they include measures to provide additional activities
for prisoners and the development of national standards for institutions for
persons with mental disabilities. The Government has also announced its
intention to publish shortly draft legislation for the establishment of an
independent Garda Síochána Inspectorate.
The
report and response are available on the CPT’s website http://www.cpt.coe.int
