CAT/OP/CHE/CSPRO/1
Contents
Page
I.
Preliminary remarks ......................................................................................................................
3
II.
Cooperation ...................................................................................................................................
3
III.
National preventive mechanism ....................................................................................................
4
A.
Structure and independence ..................................................................................................
4
B.
Budget and financial resources .............................................................................................
4
C.
Members and secretariat .......................................................................................................
5
Legal and institutional framework: federal jurisdiction over criminal procedure and
legal safeguards .............................................................................................................................
6
A.
Definition and criminalization of torture ..............................................................................
6
B.
Fundamental safeguards .......................................................................................................
7
C.
Internal and external complaints mechanisms ......................................................................
8
Visits to places of deprivation of liberty .......................................................................................
9
A.
Overview of the situation ......................................................................................................
9
B.
Police facilities......................................................................................................................
9
C.
Prisons ..................................................................................................................................
12
Therapeutic measures and indefinite detention .............................................................................
21
A.
Legal framework ...................................................................................................................
21
B.
Field visits: Rheinau psychiatric clinic .................................................................................
21
Other issues ...................................................................................................................................
23
A.
Tasks delegated to private companies...................................................................................
23
B.
Health-care costs of prisoners ...............................................................................................
24
IV.
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VI.
VII.
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