Romania will receive the visit of representatives from the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) in 2014. The visits to asses how detained persons are treated will be part of a wider program of periodic visits which will also include the countries of Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Georgia, Ireland and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. After the visits, the Committee sends a confidential report containing its conclusions and recommendations to the state concerned

The CPT organizes visits to places of deprivation of liberty in the Council of Europe’s 47 member states in order to assess how detained persons are treated. Places visited include prisons, juvenile detention centers, police stations, holding centers for immigration detainees, psychiatric hospitals, social care homes.

The Committee’s delegations have unlimited access to places of deprivation of liberty, and the right to move inside such places without restriction, and they interview detained persons in private. They may enter into contact with anyone else who may be able to provide relevant information.

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