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Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee publishes report on
Romania
Strasbourg, 19.01.2006 - The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention
of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has today
published the report on its visit to Romania
in June 2004, together with the response of
the Romanian Government. These documents have been made public at the request of
the Romanian authorities.
The Committee’s visit was triggered by information received regarding the death
of many patients, due to malnutrition and/or hypothermia, at Poiana Mare
Psychiatric Hospital (region of Dolj), an establishment which the CPT had
already strongly criticised in the past in respect of the patients' living
conditions (particularly food and heating). In the course of this visit, the CPT
also examined the situation of the residents at Craiova Recovery and
Rehabilitation Centre for Disabled Persons.
The Committee intends to return to Romania in 2006 to carry out a periodic
visit.
The CPT’s visit report and the
response of the Romanian authorities are
available on the Committee's web site :
http://www.cpt.coe.int
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