Reports and recommendations of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, adopted on 26 November 1987, encouraged CoE Member States to agree to the establishment of a Committee for the Prevention of Torture or Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). The Committee examines, through visits, the treatment of persons deprived of their civil liberties so to strengthen, if necessary, to protect against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. CPT delegations make regular visits (usually once every four years) as well as additional special (ad hoc) visits as needed. After each visit, the CPT submits a detailed report to the State. States are obliged to answer the questions found in the report. The first visit by the CPT delegation to Armenia took place on 6-17 October 2002. The visit report18 had recommendations directed at institutions under MoD jurisdiction; specifically referring to MoD detention facilities that were still in operation. This related to the conditions of the detention facilities and guarantees for preventing the ill-treatment of detainees. As concerns PD’s current report, in the final CPT report (from 28 July 2004) on its delegation’s visit (6-17 October 2002), the Committee recommended that the competent authorities send a clear message to staff responsible for detainees in Military Police solitary confinement cells about all forms of ill-treatment: including prohibition of humiliation and verbal abuse. Though the report19 on the 2-12 April 2006 visit does not include a section on Military Establishments, in the Police Institutions section the CPT delegation noted that during its visit, CPT representatives received numerous reports about the ill-treatment of persons who had been recently detained or arrested by the MP.
18. CCPT delegation report on its visit to Armenia on 6-17 October 2002: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=0900001680667a9e 19. CPT delegation report on its visit to Armenia on 2-12 April 2006 (in English): https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168066d074
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