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Council of Europe Anti-Torture Committee
publishes report on the Slovak Republic
Strasbourg, 02.02.2006 - 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 visit to the Slovak
Republic in February / March 2005, together with the Slovak Government's
response. These documents have been made
public at the request of the Slovak authorities.
During the 2005 visit, the CPT followed up a number of issues examined during
previous visits, in particular the treatment of persons deprived of their
liberty by the police, as well as the situation in prisons and social services
homes. For the first time in the Slovak Republic, the CPT examined the situation
in psychiatric establishments.
The CPT's visit report and the Slovak
Government's response are available on the
Committee's website: http://www.cpt.coe.int
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