The CPT carries out visits to places of detention, in order to assess how persons deprived of their liberty are treated. These places include prisons, juvenile detention centres, police stations, holding centres for immigration detainees, psychiatric hospitals, social care homes, etc.
After each visit, the CPT sends a detailed report to the State concerned. This report includes the CPT’s findings, and its recommendations, comments and requests for information. The CPT also requests a detailed response to the issues raised in its report. These reports and responses form part of the ongoing dialogue with the States concerned.
The CPT is required to draw up every year a general report on its activities, which is published. This 31st General Report, as well as previous general reports and other information about the work of the CPT, may be obtained from the Committee’s Secretariat or from its website (
http://www.cpt.coe.int/).
