CPT President Visits Frontex Headquarters
On Friday 26 September 2025, the President of the CPT, Alan Mitchell, and the CPT’s Executive Secretary, Hugh Chetwynd, met the Executive Director
International Training School on Core Correctional Skills (29th September – 3rd October 2025)
Keynote Round Table: Leadership in Probation and Parole – Shaping the Future of Community Corrections.
Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets: Russia’s Withdrawal from the Convention against Torture Confirms that Torture is Part of the Kremlin’s State Policy
Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture is a step that confirms that torture is part of the Kremlin’s
Lawmakers in the Brazilian State of Rio De Janeiro Approved Bonuses for Police Officers Who Kill “Criminals”
Lawmakers in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro have approved a bonus for police officers who kill “criminals,” a move that sparked
President Trump Directs the Enforcement of Death Penalty Laws in the District of Columbia
President DonaldTrump signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to fully enforce Federal
Putin Presents Bill to Withdraw Russia from European Convention against Torture
Russian Dictator Putin has submitted to the Russian parliament a bill to withdraw Russia from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture.
Isolation – a New Prison Podel in France
Walls several meters high, cells under constant surveillance, bulletproof glass partitions separating visitors from prisoners: In Vanden le Vieux, a small town 200
Russian Troops Launched an Air Strike on the Ukrainian Prison
On 27 July 2025, at night, Russian armed forces fired eight times on the Zaporizhzhia oblast, with FAB bombs. One of the targets
Russian Policy and Practices of Torture : the Case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia (extracts)
74. From late August 2022 Ukrainian forces led counter‑offensive operations in the regions of Kharkiv, Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson which resulted in their retaking
The CPT Held Its 117th Plenary Meeting rom 30 June to 4 July 2025
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) held its 117th plenary meeting from 30