Back Visit to the Russian Federation by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture

A delegation of the COUNCIL OF EUROPE Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) recently carried out a seventeen-day visit to the Russian Federation. The visit began on 30 August 1999 and was organised within the framework of the CPT's programme of periodic visits for 1999. It was the CPT's second visit to the Russian Federation. The first visit - which focused specifically on pre-trial detention and the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the Militia - took place in November 1998.

The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:

  • John OLDEN, Head of the delegation, 2nd Vice-President of the CPT, (Irish)
  • Constantin ECONOMIDES (Greek)
  • Andres LEHTMETS (Estonian)
  • Adam LAPTAS (Polish)
  • Jagoda POLONCOVÁ (Slovak)
  • Ole Vedel RASMUSSEN (Danish).

They were assisted by three experts - Andrew COYLE (Director of the International Centre for Prison Studies, King's College, London), Timothy HARDING (Director of the University Institute of Forensic Medicine, Geneva) and Jean-Pierre RESTELLINI (Specialist in forensic and internal medicine, Geneva) - as well as by Petya NESTOROVA and Borys WÓDZ of the CPT’s Secretariat.

The delegation visited the following places:

Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Chelyabinsk

  • Leninskoe District Command of Internal Affairs
  • Traktozavodskyi District Command of Internal Affairs
  • Directorate for Combating Organised Crime (UBOP)

St.Petersburg

  • Temporary holding facility (IVS) at St.Petersburg City Command of Internal Affairs
  • Petrogradski District Command of Internal Affairs
  • Primorski District Command of Internal Affairs
  • 35th Militia Division, Primorskyi District
  • 52nd Militia Division, Krasnogvardeiskyi District
  • Joint reception and distribution centre at St.Petersburg City Command of Internal Affairs

Vologda

  • City Command of Internal Affairs
  • City Sobering-up Centre
  • Reception and distribution centre for minors (Gorki Street)
  • Joint reception and distribution centre (Leningradskaya Street)

Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Justice

Chelyabinsk Region

  • Medical-correctional establishment (LIU) No 3, Chelyabinsk
  • Prison No 2, Zlatoust
  • Strict regime colony No 2, Chelyabinsk
  • St.Petersburg City and Leningrad Region
  • Educational colony for juveniles, Kolpino
  • Pre-trial establishment (SIZO) No 1 ("Kresty"), St.Petersburg

Vologda Region

  • Colony No 5 for prisoners serving life sentences, Novozero
  • Inter-regional hospital (LPU) No 10, Vologda
  • Prison No 1, Vologda

Establishments under the authority of the Ministry of Health

  • Special psychiatric hospital with intensive supervision, St.Petersburg
  • Forensic psychiatric ward of the Territorial Psychiatric Board No 2, St.Petersburg

 

17/09/1999
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