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CPT President meets with Councillor for Justice of Catalonia (Spain)

21/06/2022

On 20 June 2022, at the Council of Europe's Paris Office, Alan Mitchell, President of the CPT, met Lourdes Ciuró i Buldó, Councillor for Justice (Consellera de Justícia) of the autonomous regional government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Cataluña), assisted by Sergi Blàzquez, Secretary for Penal...

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Anti-torture Committee publishes 2020 visit report on police and prisons in Spain

09/11/2021

The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has published today the report on its periodic to Spain, which took place from 14 to 28 September 2020, together with the response of the Spanish authorities. In the course of...

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Council of Europe anti-torture Committee carries out a 15-day visit to Spain

29/09/2020

In the course of the visit, the CPT’s delegation examined the treatment and conditions of detention of men and women held in several prisons and in the two penitentiary psychiatric hospitals of Alicante and Seville, as well as in a detention centre for juveniles in Algeciras. Further, the...

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activities

Periodic visit: 14/09/2020 - 28/09/2020


Ad hoc visit: 06/09/2018 - 13/09/2018


Periodic visit: 27/09/2016 - 10/10/2016


Ad hoc visit: 17/02/2016 - 19/02/2016 (return flight)


Ad hoc visit: 14/07/2014 - 18/07/2014

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2015) 19]
    • Executive summary:
  • Government response: Spanish version: [CPT/Inf (2015) 20] 
  • Publication news flash

Ad hoc visit: 19/06/2012 - 22/06/2012

  • CPT report: Spanish version: [CPT/Inf (2013) 8]
  • Government response: Spanish version: [CPT/Inf (2013) 9]         
  • Publication news flash

Periodic visit: 31/05/2011 - 13/06/2011

  • CPT report: Spanish version: [CPT/Inf (2013) 6]
  • Government response: Spanish version: [CPT/Inf (2013) 7]         
    • Appendices:
  • Publication news flash

Periodic visit 19/09/2007 - 01/10/2007

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2011) 11]
  • Government response: Spanish version:  [CPT/Inf (2011) 12]         
    • Annexes: Spanish version:
  • Publication news flash

Ad hoc visit: 14/01/2007 - 15/01/2007


Ad hoc visit: 12/12/2005 - 19/12/2005


Periodic visit: 22/07/2003 - 01/08/2003


Ad hoc visit: 22/07/2001 - 26/07/2001


Periodic visit: 22/11/1998 - 04/12/1998

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (2000) 5]
  • Government interim response: [CPT/Inf (2000) 6]

Ad hoc visit: 21/04/1997 - 28/04/1997

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (98) 9]
  • Government response:  [CPT/Inf (98) 10]

Ad hoc visit: 17/01/1997 - 18/01/1997

  • CPT rapport: [CPT/Inf (2000) 3]
  • Government response: [CPT/Inf (2000) 4]

Ad hoc visit: 10/06/1994 - 14/06/1994

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (96) 9]
  • Government response: [CPT/Inf (96) 10]

Periodic visit: 10/04/1994 - 22/04/1994

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (96) 9]
  • Government response: [CPT/Inf (96) 10]

Periodic visit: 01/04/1991 - 12/04/1991

  • CPT report: [CPT/Inf (96) 9]