Press Release
States to be
visited by the Council of Europe anti-torture Committee in 2011
Strasbourg,
09.12.2010 - In 2011, 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:
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
Committees attention.
The CPT will
also organise ad hoc visits whenever it considers this is required by the
circumstances.
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 detained
persons in private, 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".
