CPT Respond on Nuclear Police but HMIC Still Evasive

April 7, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has responded to a letter from the Celtic League. In the correspondence the League had asked if the CPT would include the

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CPT Respond on Maghaberry Prison Concerns

February 22, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The CPT has responded to concerns expressed by the Celtic League about the ongoing situation at Maghaberry Prison. The League wrote to the both the Council of Europe CPT and the UN Special Rapporteur about the matter. A

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CPT Uses Anniversary to Highlight Juvenile Justice Issues

January 26, 2015

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE Recalling recent matters that the Celtic League raised in relation to juvenile justice it is interesting to note that the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has highlighted the issue

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UN Torture Committee Raises UK Concerns

June 3, 2013

NEWS FROM THE CELTIC LEAGUE The United Nations Committee Against Torture has released a report today which sets out a range of criticisms relating to the United Kingdom and its dependencies. The report can be found here: https://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/co/CAT.C.GBR.CO.R.5-%20AUV_en.doc The Celtic League which has

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Scottish Police and Prisons Face CoE Scrutiny

November 14, 2012

SCOTTISH POLICE AND PRISONS FACE CoE SCRUTINY The Council of Europe (CoE) body which carries out inspections of Prisons and Police stations (The Committee for the Prevention of Torture – CPT) paid a visit to the United Kingdom last month. The visit focused

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CPT Urged To Probe Scottish and Irish Police Inertia on Rendition Torture Issue

September 20, 2012

News from Celtic League Press The Celtic League has urged the European Committee on the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to probe the apparent reluctance of police forces in Scotland and Ireland to probe rendition flights which led to those detained being tortured. (see

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Ireland: Rendition Flights Once Again In the Spotlight

July 25, 2011

The question of alleged cooperation by the former Irish government in the US rendition programme is once again in the spotlight. In its (country) report on Ireland the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) observe at paragraph 9: “The Committee is concerned at

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CPT Produce Critical Report On Irish Prisons And Police

February 17, 2011

The Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture has published an extremely damning report on conditions in prisons in Ireland. The CPT are also very critical of policing and express concern that although progress is being made in relation to the

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Spain Declines To Allow Puublication of 2007 CPT Prisons report

February 11, 2011

The Spanish authorities have declined to allow publication of a Council of Europe inspection of Prison, Police and detention facilities in Spain. The Celtic League was alerted to the failure to make public the document when the Committee for the Prevention of Torture

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CPT Queried On 2007 Report Into Spanish Police and Prisons

February 11, 2011

With the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture due to carry out an examination of police stations, prisons and detention facilities in Spain this year the Celtic League has asked why the organisations report on its last visit has not been published

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