Press Release
European Committee for the Prevention of
Torture:
Publication of the Swedish
Government's response
STRASBOURG 2.10.95 - The Swedish Government has decided to
make public its response to
the report drawn up by the Council of Europe's Committee for the
Prevention of Torture after its visit to Sweden in August 1994.
The response forms part of an ongoing dialogue which was
established between the Committee and the Swedish authorities
following the Committee's first visit to Sweden in May 1991.
The Committee's report
on its 1994 visit was published, at the request of the Swedish
Government, in April 1995.
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture was set
up under the Council of Europe's 1987 Convention and is in force
between Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic (as
from 1 January 1996), 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 Committee is composed of persons from a variety of
backgrounds: lawyers, medical doctors, prison experts, persons
with parliamentary experience, etc.
The Committee's 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.
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