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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks on prisons and psychiatry in Denmark

Review of 2024 activities and upcoming visits for 2025

Review of 2024 activities and upcoming visits for 2025

35th anniversary of the Convention for the Prevention of Torture: the CPT releases a podcast on the challenges and realities of prisons in Europe

35th anniversary of the Convention for the Prevention of Torture: the CPT releases a podcast on the challenges and realities of prisons in Europe

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Preventing torture in Europe
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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

2025

Azerbaijan, Belgium, 

Germany, Greece, 

Liechtenstein, Montenegro, 

Romania, Spain

Statistics

In total:

  • 536 visits carried out (305 periodic + 231 ad hoc)
  • 481 visit reports published

So far this year:

  • 1 visit report published

(as at 14 January 2025)