European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment is a Council of Europe body that conducts visits to places of detention in member states to assess how persons deprived of their liberty are treated and to prevent torture and ill-treatment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Council of Europe body
human rights monitoring mechanism
abbreviation CPT NERFINISHED
activity visits to places of detention
approach confidential dialogue with states
non-judicial preventive mechanism
composition independent and impartial experts
cooperatesWith European Court of Human Rights NERFINISHED
national authorities of member states
country France
dateFounded 1989
establishedBy European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment NERFINISHED
hasJurisdictionOver persons deprived of their liberty in Council of Europe member states
hasMemberFromEach Council of Europe member state
hasOfficialLanguage English
French
headquarters Strasbourg NERFINISHED
legalBasis European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment NERFINISHED
locatedIn France
Strasbourg NERFINISHED
mandateType preventive visits
method ad hoc visits
periodic visits
unannounced visits
monitors immigration detention facilities
other places where persons are deprived of their liberty
police stations
prisons
psychiatric hospitals
oversightArea conditions of detention
treatment of detainees
parentOrganization Council of Europe NERFINISHED
produces recommendations to states
visit reports
purpose monitoring treatment of persons deprived of their liberty
prevention of degrading treatment
prevention of inhuman treatment
prevention of torture
regionServed Council of Europe member states
relatedTo United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture NERFINISHED
scope regional
sector criminal justice
human rights
shortName CPT NERFINISHED
subjectTo European Convention on Human Rights framework NERFINISHED
typeOfOrganization intergovernmental committee
website https://www.coe.int/en/web/cpt

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Protocol No. 1 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture monitoredBy European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Protocol No. 2 to the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture relatesToBody European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
this entity surface form: European Committee for the Prevention of Torture