CONTENTS
PRISONS IN BENIN
Acknowledgements
INTRODUCTION
3
THE COUNTRY
4
MONDAY 23 AUGUST 1999
5
5
6
7
7
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation
Benin Commission on Human Rights
Minister of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights
Police Headquarters (Commissariat general de police)
Meeting with NGOs and the Press
TUESDAY 24 AUGUST 1999
Centre for the Welfare of Juveniles and Adolescents, Aglanbanda
Porto Novo, Administrative Capital of Benin
Gendarmerie
Brigade de Gendarmerie de Porto Novo, Gendarmerie Cell
Brigade Nationale de Gendarmerie d'Akpro-Misserete
Porto Novo Civil Prison
9
9
10
10
11
12
12
WEDNESDAY 25 AUGUST 1999
17
Ministry of Interior
Abomey Civil Prison
Prosecutor of the Republic, Abomey
17
18
21
THURSDAY 26 AUGUST 1999
Prosecutor General, Court of Appeal, Cotonou
Cotonou Central Police Station, Deputy Commissioner
and Chief of the Judiciary Police
The Signing of an Agreement between the International
Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Government of Benin
Detention Centre at Central Police Station, Cotonou
23
23
24
24
25