CAT/OP/ESP/1
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
3
II.
National preventive mechanism ....................................................................................................
4
III.
Legal and institutional framework for the prevention of torture and ill-treatment ........................
4
A.
Definition of torture ..............................................................................................................
4
B.
Incommunicado detention.....................................................................................................
5
C.
Mechanical restraints ............................................................................................................
5
D.
Solitary confinement .............................................................................................................
6
E.
Closed regime .......................................................................................................................
6
F.
Detecting torture and ill-treatment ........................................................................................
7
Observations on the places visited ................................................................................................
9
A.
Overcrowding and infrastructure ..........................................................................................
9
B.
Food and drinking water .......................................................................................................
9
C.
Pretrial detention ...................................................................................................................
10
Health ............................................................................................................................................
10
A.
Introduction and professional independence .........................................................................
10
B.
Structure and operation of health services ............................................................................
10
C.
Injuries and the Istanbul Protocol .........................................................................................
11
D.
Psychiatric patients ...............................................................................................................
12
Groups deprived of their liberty who are considered to be especially vulnerable .........................
12
A.
Situation of women ...............................................................................................................
12
B.
Migrants ................................................................................................................................
13
C.
Children and adolescents ......................................................................................................
16
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
Repercussions of the visit .............................................................................................................. .
17
VIII.
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................
17
I.
Lista de las personas con quienes se reunió el Subcomité .............................................................
18
II.
Lugares de privación de libertad visitados ....................................................................................
21
Annexes
2
GE.19-17184