5 Movri 27 August 1997 Mopti Prison 28 August 1997, Mopti Governor of Mopti, Daouda Tangara 27 27 27 29 29 RECOMMENDATIONS 31 PRESS RELEASE 33 COMMENTS BY GOVERNMENT OF MALI 33 OTHER ACTIVITY OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR Workshop on modalities for missions and visits to places of detention 36 INTRODUCTION This report covers two main activities undertaken after the 21st Session of the Commission held in Nouakchott, Mauritania from 15 - 24 April 1997. At the invitation of the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), I participated in a one-day workshop on Modalities For Missions And Visits To Places of Detention which APT organised in collaboration with Penal Reform International (PRI) in Geneva on 24th May 1997. In pursuit of my programme of activities which I presented to the Commission at its last session, I visited prisons' in Bamako, 7 ombouctou, Goundam, Mopti, Baguineda and Kati in Mali from 20 - 30 August 1997. 36 1 Wherever the context demands it «prisons» should be understood to include places of detention.

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