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Strasbourg, 10.09.2008 - The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention
of Torture (CPT) has published today the report on its October 2007 ad hoc visit*
to "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" , together with the authorities’
response.
The 2007 visit focused on the situation in prisons as well as examining the
issue of safeguards against ill-treatment of persons detained by law enforcement
officials. It was prompted by the fact that the authorities’ response to the
report on the 2006 visit did not address many of the issues identified by the
Committee. The CPT was particularly concerned about three areas: the action
taken to combat impunity, the conditions of detention in prisons and the
treatment and care of vulnerable persons.
The CPT’s report and
the response of the national authorities to
the October 2007 visit report are available on the CPT's website
http://www.cpt.coe.int. Both documents have
been made public at the request of the Government.
* A further ad hoc visit
to "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" was carried out in June/July
2008.
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