CPT: 13TH GENERAL REPORT 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PREFACE................................................................................................................................................................7 ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 2002 TO 31 JULY 2003 .............................................8 Visits .........................................................................................................................................................8 Meetings and working methods..............................................................................................................11 Publications ............................................................................................................................................12 ORGANISATIONAL ISSUES............................................................................................................................13 The Convention establishing the CPT ....................................................................................................13 Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture ...................................................13 CPT membership ....................................................................................................................................14 Administrative and budgetary questions ................................................................................................14 DEPORTATION OF FOREIGN NATIONALS BY AIR ...............................................................................15 APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 Signatures and ratifications of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment..............20 APPENDIX 2 The CPT's field of operations .......................................................................................21 APPENDIX 3 State-by-State table showing the number of visits by the CPT, visit reports sent to Governments and reports published..............................................22 APPENDIX 4 Members of the CPT ....................................................................................................23 APPENDIX 5 Secretariat of the CPT ..................................................................................................24 APPENDIX 6 Countries and places of detention visited by CPT delegations during the period 1 January 2002 to 31 July 2003 .......................................................25 APPENDIX 7 Public statement concerning the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation ..........34