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Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes report on
Monaco
Strasbourg, 31.05.2007 - The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention
of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published
today the report on its first visit to Monaco,
which was carried out in March 2006, together with the
response of the Government of Monaco. These
documents have been made public at the request of the Monegasque authorities.
The report contains, in particular, recommendations to strengthen fundamental
safeguards against ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the
police, and to improve the conditions of detention in Monaco remand prison, the
only prison establishment in the Principality. The situation of involuntary
psychiatric patients is also examined. The response of the Government of Monaco
describes the measures taken to implement the Committee’s recommendations.
The CPT’s visit report and the
response of the Government of Monaco are
available on the Committee’s website:
http://www.cpt.coe.int
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