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News

16 articles

Statement from NPM on Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s report on Scotland

Published: October 11, 2019

NPM Press Release on conclusion of Subcommittee for Prevention of Torture Visit, September 2019

Published: September 19, 2019

NPM Press Release on Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture Visit, September 2019

Published: September 9, 2019

Statement from NPM Chair on the visit by United Nations Subcommittee for Prevention of Torture

Published: September 9, 2019

Statement on Immigration Detention Rules

Published: June 6, 2017

Joint statement adopted unanimously by the NPMs of Council of Europe member States who participated in the Conference that was co-organized by the Council of Europe and OSCE-ODIHR in Strasbourg on 31 May and 1 June 2017 to discuss the first comprehensive draft set of rules on the administrative detention of migrants prepared by CJ-DAM.

Response to CPT report on UK detention

Published: April 19, 2017

UK’s National Preventive Mechanism welcomes report from European Detention Monitoring Body