3. The CPT’s field of operations
Note: This map is not an official representation of states bound by the Convention. For technical reasons
it has not been possible to show the entire territory of certain of the states concerned.
States bound by the Convention
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Republic of Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
“The former
Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia”
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
47 states; prison population: 1 602 046 prisoners
(Main source: Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE I – 2014.1); data as at 1 September 2014)
It should be noted that, as well as prisons, the CPT’s mandate covers all other categories of places where
persons are deprived of their liberty: police establishments, detention centres for juveniles, military
detention facilities, immigration holding centres, psychiatric hospitals, social care homes, etc.
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