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Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture

In recent years the Council of Europe's efforts to guarantee human rights have laid increasing emphasis on preventing violations. Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides that "No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment". This article inspired the drafting, in 1987, of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Convention provides non-judicial preventive machinery to protect detainees. It is based on a system of visits by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The Secretariat of the CPT forms part of the Council of Europe's Directorate General of Human Rights. Website: www.cpt.coe.int/en/
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The CPT standards

8 March 2011 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report to the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina on the visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 11 to 15 May 2009

31 March 2010 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports

Response of the Government of Austria to the Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its vist to Austria from 15 to 25 February 2009

11 March 2010 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports

Report to the Austrian Government on the visit to Austria carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 15 to 25 February 2009

11 March 2010 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports

Response of the Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Liechtenstein from 5 to 9 February 2007

3 July 2008 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: States Parties Reports

Les normes du CPT. Chapitres des rapports généraux du CPT consacrés à des questions de fond

October 2006 | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Thematic Reports

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