Public statements
Under Article 10 (2) of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, if a State Party "fails to co-operate or refuses to improve the situation in the light of the Committee's recommendations, the Committee may decide, after the Party has had an opportunity to make known its views, by a majority of two-thirds of its members to make a public statement on the matter."
List of public statements issued by the CPT:
2024 Russian Federation
2024 | Azerbaijan |
2021 | Bulgaria |
2019 | Russian Federation |
2017 | Belgium |
2015 | Bulgaria |
2011 | Greece |
2007 | Russian Federation |
2003 | Russian Federation |
2001 | Russian Federation |
1996 | Turkey |
1992 | Turkey |
Public Statement on Azerbaijan, July 2024
Public Statement on Bulgaria, November 2021
Public Statement on the Russian Federation, March 2019
Public Statement on Belgium, July 2017
Preventing torture in Europe
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