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Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes report on
Norway
Strasbourg - 11.04.2006 - 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 fourth visit
to Norway in October 2005. The report has been made public at the request of the
Norwegian authorities.
The report contains, in particular, recommendations to further strengthen
fundamental safeguards against the ill-treatment of persons deprived of their
liberty by the police. As for prisons, the CPT has made recommendations
regarding restrictions that might be imposed on remand prisoners in the early
stages of their detention. In addition, it recalled the need for a systematic
medical examination of detainees on their arrival. As regards psychiatry, the
CPT recommends that at least one member of the Control Commission of psychiatric
institutions should be a qualified psychiatrist, who has no connection with the
institution under scrutiny.
The CPT’s report is available on the
Committee’s website: http://www.cpt.coe.int.
The report, as well as a press release by the Norwegian authorities, is also
available on the website of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and Police:
http://www.odin.no/jd/norsk/aktuelt/pressesenter/pressem/012101-070415/dok-bn.html
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