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About the CPT
The CPT visits places of detention and assesses how persons deprived of their liberty are treated in order to strengthen their protection from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Scheduled Periodic Visits
2026
Poland, Serbia.
2027
Albania, Andorra, Croatia,
Iceland, Latvia,
Slovakia, Switzerland and Türkiye.
Statistics
In total:
- 569 visits carried out (318 periodic + 251 ad hoc)
- 517 visit reports published
So far this year:
- 7 ad hoc visit
- 6 periodic visit
- 18 visit report published
(as at 29 October 2026)




