In a number of its General Reports the CPT has described some of the substantive issues
which it pursues when carrying out visits to places of deprivation of liberty. The
Committee hopes in this way to give a clear advance indication to national authorities of
its views regarding the manner in which persons deprived of their liberty ought to be
treated and, more generally, to stimulate discussion on such matters.
The "substantive" sections drawn up to date - which deal with police custody,
imprisonment, training of law enforcement personnel, health care services in prisons,
foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation, involuntary placement in psychiatric
establishments and juveniles and women deprived of their liberty - have been brought
together in this document.
