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STRASBOURG, 18.07.96 - A delegation of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has recently completed a two week visit to Poland. The visit, which began on 30 June 1996, was carried out within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 1996.
The members of the delegation were:
The delegation was assisted by Gordon LAKES (former Deputy Director General of the Prison Service of England and Wales) and Jean-Pierre RESTELLINI (Medical doctor, Specialist in Forensic Medicine and Internal Medicine, Geneva) as well as by two members of the CPT's Secretariat.
The delegation visited the following places of detention:
Police and Border Guard establishments
Prison establishments
Psychiatric Hospital at Wroclaw Remand Prison
Juvenile establishments
Military arrests in Bydgoszcz and Torun
Sobering-up centres in Grudziadz, Opole, Torun, Walbrzych and Warsaw
In accordance with Article 11 of the European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, the information gathered by the CPT in relation to its visit to Poland and its consultations with the Polish authorities are confidential. Further, the report on the visit, to be prepared by the CPT and transmitted to the Government of Poland, shall be confidential.
The CPT was set up under the 1987 European Convention for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The following member States of the Council of Europe are bound by the Convention: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
The CPT is composed of persons from a variety of backgrounds: lawyers, medical doctors, prison experts, persons with parliamentary experience, etc. Its task is to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty. For this purpose, it is entitled to visit any place where such persons are held by a public authority. It may formulate recommendations to strengthen, if necessary, their protection against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
The CPT organises periodic visits as well as any other visits which appear to it to be required in the circumstances.
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