Standards and tools
On this page you will find the CPT's standards which have been developed over the many years of the Committee's work. They have been set out in substantive sections of a number of the CPT's annual general reports in order to give a clear indication of its views regarding the manner in which persons deprived of their liberty ought to be treated.
In addition to these standards, presented by theme below, you will find more practical tools, such as checklists, concerning specific issues coming under the CPT's mandate.
- Police / Law enforcement
- Prisons
- Immigration detention
- Psychiatric establishments / Social care institutions
- Juveniles
- Women
- Accountability
Police / Law enforcement
- Police custody
- Developments concerning CPT standards in respect of police custody
- Access to a lawyer as a means of preventing ill-treatment
- Electrical discharge weapons
Prisons
- Imprisonment
- Developments concerning CPT standards in respect of imprisonment
- Living space per prisoner in prison establishments
- Solitary confinement of prisoners
- Remand detention
- The situation of life-sentenced prisoners
- Health-care services in prisons
- Inspection of a prison medical service by a CPT doctor [Checklist]
Immigration detention
- Immigration detention [Factsheet]
- Foreign nationals detained under aliens legislation
- Safeguards for irregular migrants deprived of their liberty
- Deportation of foreign nationals by air
Psychiatric establishments / Social care institutions
- Involuntary placement in psychiatric establishments
- Means of restraint in psychiatric establishments for adults
- Evaluation of a psychiatric hospital [Checklist]
- CPT visits to social care institutions where persons may be deprived of their liberty [Checklist]
Juveniles
Women
Accountability
Preventing torture in Europe
www.cpt.coe.int
