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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.
MAIN FEATURES OF THE CPT .........................................................................................................4
II.
SOME BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE CPT's ACTIVITIES ..............................................6
III.
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PROCEDURAL AND ORGANISATIONAL
FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROPER CONDUCT OF VISITS ........................................................7
a)
b)
The Rules of Procedure .................................................................................................................7
Working methods...........................................................................................................................8
i)
ii)
iii)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Collegial direction of the CPT's work .............................................................................8
Ensuring the CPT's impartiality ......................................................................................9
Promoting the CPT's effectiveness ...............................................................................10
Common working tools ..............................................................................................................12
Training .......................................................................................................................................12
Relations with the Governments of Parties to the Convention ...................................................13
The establishment of working relations with
other international institutions .....................................................................................................13
IV.
THE EMPHASIS PLACED ON THE PREVENTIVE NATURE
OF THE CPT's FUNCTIONS ...............................................................................................................15
V.
VISITS .................................................................................................................................................... 17
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
VI.
Countries visited .........................................................................................................................17
Visiting delegations .....................................................................................................................17
Length of visits ............................................................................................................................18
Places visited ...............................................................................................................................18
The scenario of a typical visit .....................................................................................................19
Co-operation of the States visited ...............................................................................................20
The CPT's reports to the States visited .......................................................................................20
SPECIFIC ISSUES .................................................................................................................................22
a)
b)
Legal problems concerning the interpretation of the Convention...............................................22
Relations with the media .............................................................................................................22