-4I.
ACTIVITIES IN 1993
a.
Visits
1.
The CPT carried out seven periodic visits during 1993, thereby completing the first round of periodic
visits to Parties to the Convention. The countries visited were, in chronological order, Luxembourg (17 to 25
January 1993), Greece (14 to 26 March 1993), Liechtenstein (14 to 16 April 1993), Norway (27 June to 6 July
1993), Iceland (5 to 12 July 1993), Ireland (26 September to 5 October 1993) and Belgium (14 to 23 November
1993).
The CPT had intended to embark upon the second round of periodic visits in 1993. However, this did
not prove possible, primarily because the resources of the Committee's Secretariat were not strengthened to the
extent which had been anticipated.
2.
The CPT also carried out an ad hoc visit (i.e. a visit which appeared to the Committee "to be required
in the circumstances" - cf. Article 7, paragraph 1, of the Convention) to Northern Ireland. This visit took place
from 20 to 29 July 1993 and focused on the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty by the security forces
and, more particularly, of persons held in relation to terrorist activities.
3.
In addition to "visits" within the meaning of Article 7 of the Convention, a delegation of the CPT held
talks with Ministers and senior officials in Ankara from 7 to 9 December 1993. These talks formed part of the
on-going dialogue between the Turkish authorities and the Committee.
4.
The places of detention visited by CPT delegations in 1993 are set out in Appendix 3. In addition to
prisons, police stations and psychiatric establishments, the Committee is paying increasing attention to holding
facilities for foreigners. During the second round of periodic visits, the Committee also intends to devote more
time to military detention facilities and to institutions for minors.
5.
As in 1992 (cf. paragraphs 4 to 6 of the CPT's 3rd General Report: CPT/Inf (93) 12), visiting
delegations occasionally encountered difficulties during 1993 as regards access to documents in detained
person's files held by police or judicial authorities and/or access to medical records of detainees.