European anti-torture committee to examine treatment of Azeri prisoners
BAKU – The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) intends to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in ten countries in 2011, the Committee reported.
The list of countries expecting the CPT's delegation includes Andorra, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Serbia, Spain and Switzerland.
The CPT will also organise ad hoc visits whenever it considers this is required by the circumstances.
The CPT's field of operations covers all 47 member states of the Council of Europe.
Azerbaijan joined the Council of Europe in 2001 and assumed the corresponding obligations before the organization.
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