CAT/OP/GBR/ROSP/1
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
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II.
National preventive mechanism ....................................................................................................
4
A.
Background and structure of the national preventive mechanism ........................................
4
B.
Legislative basis....................................................................................................................
6
C.
Independence ........................................................................................................................
8
D.
Human and financial resources .............................................................................................
9
E.
Visibility ...............................................................................................................................
10
F.
Conclusion ............................................................................................................................
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Overarching issues ........................................................................................................................
11
A.
Legal and institutional framework ........................................................................................
11
B.
Overrepresentation of ethnic minorities in the criminal justice system ................................
12
C.
Health care in places of deprivation of liberty ......................................................................
13
Situation of persons deprived of their liberty ................................................................................
14
A.
Police detention ....................................................................................................................
15
B.
Penitentiary institutions ........................................................................................................
15
C.
Institutions for juvenile offenders .........................................................................................
17
D.
Immigration detention ..........................................................................................................
17
E.
Court custody ........................................................................................................................
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Next steps ......................................................................................................................................
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List of places of deprivation of liberty jointly visited by the national preventive mechanism
and the Subcommittee ...................................................................................................................
20
II.
List of places of deprivation of liberty visited by the Subcommittee ............................................
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III.
List of government officials and other interlocutors with whom the Subcommittee met ..............
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III.
IV.
V.
Annexes
I.
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