CE Anti-Torture Committee to Assess Situation in Bulgaria in 2014

CPT delegations have unlimited access to places of deprivation of liberty, and the right to move inside such places without restriction. Photo by Sofia Photo Agency

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) announced it is about to visit Bulgaria, along with nine more member states, next year.

The Committee intends to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the following ten countries: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Ireland, Romania and “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”.

Persons in possession of information concerning deprivation of liberty in any of these countries which they believe could assist the CPT are invited to bring it to the Committee’s attention.

The CPT will also organise ad hoc visits in 2014 whenever it considers this is required by the circumstances.

The CPT organises visits to places of deprivation of liberty in the Council of Europe’s 47 member states in order to assess how detained persons are treated. Places visited include prisons, juvenile detention centres, police stations, holding centres for immigration detainees, psychiatric hospitals, social care homes, etc.

CPT delegations have unlimited access to places of deprivation of liberty, and the right to move inside such places without restriction. They interview detained persons in private, and may enter into contact with anyone else who may be able to provide relevant information.

After each visit, the CPT sends a confidential report containing its conclusions and recommendations to the state concerned.

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