Contents FOREWORD ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2017 5 7 Visits Public statements High-level talks with national authorities Plenary meetings and activities of subgroups Contacts with other bodies 7 9 10 11 11 PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS 15 Introduction Selected publications 15 16 COMPLAINTS MECHANISMS ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS 25 31 CPT membership Bureau of the CPT Secretariat of the CPT 31 32 33 APPENDICES 35 1. The CPT’s mandate and modus operandi 2. Signatures and ratifications of the Convention establishing the CPT 3. The CPT's field of operations 4. CPT members 5. CPT Secretariat 6. CPT visits, reports and publications 7. Countries and places of deprivation of liberty visited by CPT delegations 8. Public statement concerning Belgium 35 36 37 39 40 42 44 55 ► Page 3

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