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STRASBOURG, 02.12.96 - 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 four-day visit to Italy. The visit began in Milan on 25 November 1996.
The members of the delegation were:
The delegation was assisted by Dominique BERTRAND (Head of the Prison Medicine Division, University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Geneva) and accompanied by two members of the CPT's Secretariat, Fabrice KELLENS and Borys WDZ.
The delegation visited Milan Remand Prison (San Vittore), an establishment already visited twice by a CPT delegation (in 1992 and in 1995).
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 Italy and its consultations with the Italian 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. The following member States of the Council of Europe are bound by the Convention: Albania (as from 1.2.97), Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia (as from 1.3.97), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey 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. Its 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. It 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.
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