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Videoconference meeting with European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly

Videoconference meeting with European Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly

CPT representatives hold videoconference meeting with EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson

CPT representatives hold videoconference meeting with EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee announces periodic visits to ten countries in 2021

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee announces periodic visits to ten countries in 2021

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Preventing torture in Europe
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Follow-up statement 
(COVID-19)
issued on 9 July 2020

Statement of Principles (COVID-19)
issued on 20 March 2020

  

About the CPT 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 Scheduled Periodic Visits

2021

Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

Statistics Statistics

In total:

  • 467 visits carried out (271 periodic + 196 ad hoc)
  • 425 visit reports published

So far this year:

  • 6 periodic visits and 8 ad hoc visits carried out
  • 19 visit reports published

(as at 23 December 2020)

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