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05.10.04 - A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently carried out a two week visit to Serbia and Montenegro. This visit, which began on 16 September 2004, was the first time that the CPT examined the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in Serbia and Montenegro. The CPT's delegation visited a variety of establishments, including prisons (civil and military), police stations, a centre for foreigners, and psychiatric hospitals.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Mauro PALMA, (Head of
Delegation) (Italian)
- Renate KICKER (Austrian)
- Ann-Marie ORLER (Swedish).
They were supported by Fabrice KELLENS, Head of Unit, and Edo KORLJAN, of the CPT's Secretariat, and assisted by four experts, Dan DERMENGIU, doctor, Head of Forensic Medicine Department, Medical Faculty "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania, Zdenek HÁJEK, lawyer, Czech Republic, Pétur HAUKSSON, psychiatrist, Head of the psychiatric department at Reykjalundur Rehabilitation Centre, Iceland, and Clive MEUX, consultant forensic psychiatrist, Oxford, United Kingdom.
In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation held consultations with the competent ministerial authorities, at the State Union level and at the level of the two Republics. It also met senior officials responsible for police establishments, prisons and psychiatric hospitals.
The delegation visited the following places:
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Defence of Serbia and Montenegro
- Penal and Correctional
Military Prison, Niš
- Military barracks,
"Bubanjski heroji", Niš
- Military barracks
"Pantelej", Niš
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior of Serbia
- 29 November Street Police
Station, Belgrade
- Palilula Police Station,
Belgrade
- Voždovac Police Station,
Belgrade
- Vracar Police Station,
Belgrade
- Zvezdara Police Station,
Belgrade
- Reception Centre for
Foreigners, Padinska Skela, Belgrade
- Police Station,
Bujanovac
- Central Police Station,
Niš
- Police Station, Preševo
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro
- Podgorica Police
Department
- Bar Police Department
- Budva Police Station
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice of Serbia
- Belgrade District Prison
- Sremska Mitrovica Penitentiary
Reformatory
- Correctional Penal Facility
"Prison Hospital", Belgrade
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice of Montenegro
- Spuž Correctional Facility
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Health of Serbia
- "Laza Lazarevic" Psychiatric Hospital
Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Health of Montenegro
- Special Psychiatric Hospital Dobrota, Kotor
The delegation also carried out a short visit to Spuž Remand Prison (Montenegro), where it concentrated on the Female Section and the disciplinary/isolation cells.
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