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[17.05.04] - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out an ad hoc visit to Latvia from 5 to 12 May 2004. It was the CPT's third visit to Latvia.
The main purpose of the visit was to review the measures taken by the Latvian authorities to implement the recommendations made by the Committee after its 2002 visit. Particular attention was paid to the treatment of persons detained by the police and conditions of detention in police establishments and prisons. The delegation also examined the regime and security measures applied to life-sentenced prisoners.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Renate KICKER (Head of delegation) (Austrian)
- Aleš BUTALA (Slovenian)
- Pétur HAUKSSON (Icelander).
They were assisted by Michael NEURAUTER from the CPT's Secretariat and by Alan MITCHELL, Former Head of the Scottish Prison Health Care Service, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation held consultations with Ms Vineta MUIŽNIECE, Minister for Justice, Mr Ēriks JĒKABSONS, Minister for the Interior, Mr Martins BICEVSKIS, State Secretary of the Ministry of Justice, and Mr Uldis LIKOPS, State Secretary of the Ministry of Health. In addition, it met a number of senior officials from the Ministries of Justice, the Interior and Health.
The delegation visited the following places:
Police establishments
- Daugavpils Police Headquarters
- Liepāja Police Headquarters
- Pre-Trial Investigation Centre and Short-Term Isolator (ISO), Rīga
- Ventspils Police Headquarters
Prisons
- Daugavpils Prison
- Jelgava Prison
- Rīga Central Prison (including the Prison Hospital).
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