2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS ................................................................................................................ 3 II. INTERNAL ORGANISATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE CPT ................................................ 4 III. IV. a. 1991 in brief ................................................................................................................................. 4 b. Procedural, budgetary and legal matters...................................................................................... 5 c. Visits in 1991 ............................................................................................................................... 6 d. Follow up of visits........................................................................................................................ 8 e. Future developments..................................................................................................................... 9 - increasing the number of CPT members with relevant professional experience ................................................................................................... 9 - increasing the number of visits........................................................................................ 9 - increasing knowledge of the CPT's activities ................................................................. 9 - geographical extension of the CPT's activities ............................................................. 10 SOME SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES PURSUED BY THE CPT DURING VISITS ........................... 11 a. Police custody ............................................................................................................................. 11 b. Imprisonment .............................................................................................................................. 13 CONCLUDING REMARKS ................................................................................................................ 17 APPENDIX 1: Signatures and ratifications of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ............................................................................................. 18 APPENDIX 2: APPENDIX 3: A. Members of the CPT ....................................................................................... 19 B. Secretariat of the CPT ..................................................................................... 20 Places of detention visited by delegations of the CPT in 1991 .................................... 21

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