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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/

	Report to the Bulgarian Government on the visit to Bulgaria carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 18 to 29 October 2010	15 March 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports
	Response of the Bulgarian Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Bulgaria from 18 to 29 October 2010	15 March 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports
	Preliminary observations made by the delegation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) which visited Ukraine from 29 November to 6 December 2011 and response of the Government of Ukraine to three issues raised by the delegation	12 March 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Speeches/Statements
	Report to the German Government on the visit to Germany carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 25 November to 7 December 2010	22 February 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports
	Response of the German Government to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Germany from 25 November to 2 December 2010	22 February 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports
	Report to the Government of “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” on the visit to "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 21 September to 1 October 2010	25 January 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports
	Rapport au Gouvernement de la Moldova relatif à la visite effectuée en Moldova par le Comité européen pour la prévention de la torture et des peines ou traitements inhumains ou dégradants (CPT) du 1er au 10 juin 2011	12 January 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Fact Finding Reports
	Report to the Government of Greece on the visit to Greece carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 19 to 27 January 2011	10 January 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Fact Finding Reports
	Response of the Government of Greece to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Greece from 20 to 27 January 2011	10 January 2012
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: States Parties Reports
	Report to the Norwegian Government on the visit to Norway carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 18 to 27 May 2011	21 December 2011
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports

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