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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/

	20 Years of Combating Torture: 19th General Report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) (1 August 2008-31 July 2009)	20 October 2009
Category: Reference Documents | 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 19 to 30 March 2007	14 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports
	Responses of the Government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the report of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) on its visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 19 to 30 March 2007	14 October 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: States Parties Reports
	Responses of the Lithuanian 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 Lithuania from 21 to 30 April 2008	15 September 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: States Parties 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 Sweden from 9 to 18 June 2009	23 July 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country 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 23 to 29 September 2008	30 June 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country 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 23 to 29 September 2008	30 June 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: States Parties Reports
	Report to the Lithuanian Government on the visit to Lithuania carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 21 to 30 April 2008	25 June 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports
	Response of the Finnish 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 Finland from 20 to 30 April 2008	17 June 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: States Parties Reports
	Report to the Turkish Government on the visit to Turkey carried out by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) from 22 November to 4 December 2006	28 May 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: Council of Europe: Committee for the Prevention of Torture | Document type: Country Reports

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