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[12.02.03] - The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) carried out a visit to Sweden from 27 January to 5 February 2003. It was the Committee's fourth visit to Sweden.
The CPT's delegation reviewed measures taken by the Swedish authorities in response to recommendations made after previous visits, in particular as regards the safeguards offered to persons detained by the police, mechanisms for handling complaints against the police and the regimes offered to remand prisoners. It also examined the situation in psychiatric institutions and in homes providing care for young persons and substance abusers.
In the course of the visit, the CPT's delegation met Thomas BODSTRÖM, Minister for Justice, Nils REKKE, Director of the Public Prosecution Authority, Ulf BERG, Head of Legal Affairs of the National Police Board, Bertel ÖSTERDAHL, Director General of the National Prison and Probation Administration, and Claes EKLUNDH, Chief Parliamentary Ombudsman. It also held talks with senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, the Aliens Appeals Board and the Migration Board.
The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:
- Renate KICKER (Head of Delegation) (Austrian)
- Maria Teresa BELEZA (Portuguese)
- Zdenek HÁJEK (Czech)
- Pétur HAUKSSON (Icelandic)
- Ingrid LYCKE ELLINGSEN (Norwegian)
- Petros MICHAELIDES (Cypriot)
They were assisted by Mark KELLY, Director, Human Rights Consultants, Ireland, as well as by Wolfgang RAU and Hanne JUNCHER of the CPT's Secretariat.
The delegation visited the following places:
Police establishments
- Borås Police Station
- Gothenburg Police Headquarters
- Stockholm Police Headquarters
- Umeå Police Station
- Västberga Police Station
Prisons
- Gothenburg Remand Prison
- Kronoberg Remand Prison (Västberga Section)
- Tidaholm Prison
- Umeå Remand Prison
Psychiatric establishments
- Sahlgrenska Psychiatric Clinic, Gothenburg
- Department for Forensic Psychiatric Assessment, Gothenburg
- Umeå Forensic and General Psychiatric Unit
Establishments for young persons
- Bärby Home for Young Persons
Establishments for substance abusers
- Rebecka Home for substance abusers
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