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31.05.2006 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a visit to “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” from 15 to 26 May 2006. It was the Committee’s sixth visit to this country.
The visit provided an opportunity to assess the progress made since the previous periodic visit in November 2002. The CPT’s delegation focused on the treatment and conditions of detention of sentenced and remand prisoners, as well as of juveniles serving an educational-correctional measure in a closed institution. A further area of interest was the treatment of social care home residents and of patients in a psychiatric hospital, special attention being paid to the use of means of restraint. The delegation also considered the way in which persons are treated when they are deprived of their liberty by law enforcement agencies.
In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation met with Ljubomir MIHAJLOVSKI, Minister of the Interior, Meri MLADENOVSKA-GJORGJIEVSKA, Minister of Justice, Vane NAUMOSKI, State Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Aco JANEVSKI, State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, as well as with Kostadinco EFREMOV, Director of the Directorate for the Execution of Sanctions, and other senior officials from relevant Ministries and Services. The delegation also met with Aleksandar PRCEVSKI, Public Prosecutor and Dragi CELEVSKI and Tripun TANUSEVSKI, Deputy Ombudsmen in charge of prison and police matters, respectively, as well as with civil society representatives.
At the end of the visit the delegation presented its preliminary conclusions to the central authorities.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Mauro PALMA (Italian), Head of delegation and 1st
Vice-President of the CPT,
- Marija DEFINIS GOJANOVIĆ (Croatian),
- Mario FELICE (Maltese),
- Anna GAVRILOVA ANTCHEVA (Bulgarian),
- Eugenijus GEFENAS (Lithuanian).
They were supported by Hugh CHETWYND, Head of Unit, and Caterina BOLOGNESE of the CPT's Secretariat, and assisted by three experts: Dan DERMENGIU, Head of Forensic Medicine, "Carol Davila" Medical Faculty, Bucharest (Romania), Roger HOUCHIN, Co-director of the Glasgow Centre for the Study of Violence, Glasgow Caledonian University (United Kingdom), and Clive MEUX, consultant forensic psychiatrist, Oxford (United Kingdom).
The delegation visited the following places:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Interior
- Kumanovo Police Station
- Premises of the Directorate for Security and
Counterintelligence (UBK), Kumanovo
- Bit Pazar Police Station, Skopje
- Čair Police Station, Skopje
- Centar Police Station, Skopje
- Gazi Baba Police Station, Skopje
- Karpoš Police Station, Skopje
- Kisela Voda Police Station, Skopje
- Kisela Voda Traffic Police Station, Skopje
- Mirkovci Police Station, Skopje
- Special Mobile Police Unit (“Alfa”) Headquarters,
Skopje
- Tetovo Police Station
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice
- Idrizovo Prison
- Skopje Prison
- Štip Prison
- Tetovo Prison
- Educational-Correctional Institution, Skopje
- the Closed Unit at the State University Hospital,
Skopje.
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Health
- Demir Hisar Psychiatric Hospital, including the Prilep Mental Health Care centre
The delegation also visited the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the State University Hospital in Skopje.
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy
- Demir Kapija Special Institution for mentally
disabled persons
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