UN torture prevention body to check Romanian prisons

28 April 2016

A four-member delegation of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will be in Romania between May 3 and May 10 to assess the treatment of people deprived of their liberty, as well as the safeguards for their protection against torture and ill-treatment.

While in Romania, the SPT delegation will visit prisons, police stations, centres for migrants, correctional rehabilitation facilities for juveniles, retirement homes and psychiatric hospitals.

The experts will also meet government officials, the People’s Advocate, and the national monitoring body, officially known as the national preventive mechanism of Romania, as well as civil society representatives.

The delegation will be composed of Aisha Shujune Muhammad, Suzanne Jabbour, Milos Jankovic, and Margret Osterfeld.

"During our visit, we will examine the steps Romania needs to take to prevent torture and ill-treatment of people in detention,” said Aisha Shujune Muhammad, who will head the SPT delegation.

“We will provide assistance to the Romanian authorities to fully implement their treaty obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture."

After the visit, the delegation will present its oral preliminary observations to the authorities.

SPT’s role is to prevent torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment of detainees. It will visit all the states that are parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) and make recommendations to state authorities.

OPCAT has to date been ratified by 81 countries. Romania ratified the Optional Protocol in July 2009.

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

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UN torture prevention body to check Romanian prisons

28 April 2016

A four-member delegation of the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) will be in Romania between May 3 and May 10 to assess the treatment of people deprived of their liberty, as well as the safeguards for their protection against torture and ill-treatment.

While in Romania, the SPT delegation will visit prisons, police stations, centres for migrants, correctional rehabilitation facilities for juveniles, retirement homes and psychiatric hospitals.

The experts will also meet government officials, the People’s Advocate, and the national monitoring body, officially known as the national preventive mechanism of Romania, as well as civil society representatives.

The delegation will be composed of Aisha Shujune Muhammad, Suzanne Jabbour, Milos Jankovic, and Margret Osterfeld.

"During our visit, we will examine the steps Romania needs to take to prevent torture and ill-treatment of people in detention,” said Aisha Shujune Muhammad, who will head the SPT delegation.

“We will provide assistance to the Romanian authorities to fully implement their treaty obligations under the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture."

After the visit, the delegation will present its oral preliminary observations to the authorities.

SPT’s role is to prevent torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment of detainees. It will visit all the states that are parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) and make recommendations to state authorities.

OPCAT has to date been ratified by 81 countries. Romania ratified the Optional Protocol in July 2009.

Over EUR 800 million to improve conditions in Romanian prisons

Romania must pay EUR 100,000 to 18 inmates because of overcrowded prisons

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com

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