News 2020 - 2021 Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture publishes 5th periodic visit report on Armenia
In a report on Armenia published today, the Council of Europe s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) calls upon the Armenian authorities to step up their efforts to combat informal prisoner hierarchy and to ensure decent living conditions and access to health care to all prisoners. The Committee is also critical of a continuing lack of basic safeguards in the context of involuntary civil hospitalisation. Strasbourg 26/05/2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes 5th periodic visit report on Armenia
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In a report on Armenia published today, the Council of Europe s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) calls upon the Armenian authorities to step up their efforts to combat informal prisoner hierarchy and to ensure decent living conditions and access to health care to all prisoners. The Committee is also critical of a continuing lack of basic safeguards in the context of involuntary civil hospitalisation. 26/05/2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page Imprimer en PDF
The CPT has today published a report on its fifth periodic visit to Armenia, which took place from 2 to 12 December 2019, together with the response of the Armenian Government. Both documents have been made public at the request of the Armenian authorities.
CoE report: Inter-prisoner violence, informal prisoner hierarchy, luxurious conditions for some inmates in Armenia
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) issued on Wednesday a new report on Armenian places of detention, summing up data based on its periodic visit to the country in December 2019.
The report published on the official website of the organization, welcomed some positive developments in the penitentiary system, however, it noted with grave concern that some of its long-standing recommendations concerning the legal safeguards for persons in police custody, the material conditions, regime and health care in prisons, as well as staffing levels and legal safeguards in psychiatric establishments, remain to be implemented.