Press Release
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee: visits in 2009
Strasbourg,
25.11.2008 - In 2009, as part of its programme of “periodic” visits, the
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment (CPT) intends to examine the treatment of persons
deprived of their liberty in the following ten countries:
The date of
the previous periodic visit to each country is indicated in the brackets.
Persons in
possession of information concerning deprivation of liberty in any of these
countries which they believe could assist the CPT are invited to bring it to the
Committee’s attention.
Other “ad
hoc” visits that appear to the CPT to be required in the circumstances will also
be organised during 2009.
The CPT's
field of operations covers all 47 member States of the Council of Europe.
The Committee
has the right to visit, at any time, any place where persons are deprived of
their liberty by a public authority. It also has the right to interview in
private detained persons, and to enter into contact with anyone else who may be
able to provide relevant information. After each visit, the CPT sends a
confidential report containing its conclusions and recommendations to the State
concerned. This constitutes the basis for a dialogue between the CPT and the
national authorities in order to strengthen the protection of detained persons
from ill-treatment.
- For more details about the
CPT or to contact it, consult the following website:
www.cpt.coe.int
- Contacts: Patrick Müller,
Secretariat of the CPT, Council of Europe, Tel. +33 3 88 41 23 88;
patrick.muller@coe.int ; Jaime Rodriguez, Press Division of the Council of
Europe, Tel. +33 3 90 21 47 04 ; Mobile +33 6 89 99 50 42 ;
jaime.rodriguez@coe.int
- A "CPT Video-kit" is
available for the audiovisual press. For more details please access our page "For
the press".
