19 and the State Party may answer to these comments23. The Republic of Serbia submitted its reports to the Committee, and the Committee sent its comments to the reports24. The Republic of Serbia is a Member State to the Council of Europe. European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 25 and European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment26 (European Convention for the Prevention of Torture) were ratified in 2003.27 The European Convention for the Prevention of Torture established the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture.28 The state is obliged to allow the Committee to visit all places where the persons deprived of their liberty are placed.29 The State is obliged to enable Committee the access to its territory and traveling throughout the country with no restrictions, as well as access to complete information about the places where persons deprived of their liberty are held, including the right to free movement at those places and the right to communicate freely with persons deprived of liberty without witnesses present, as well as with any person believed to possess relevant information.30 After each visit the Committee composes its report about the facts found during the visits.31 By the end of 2015, the Committee made four visits to Serbia, in 2004, 2007, 2011 and 2015.32 23 Convention against torture, Article 19 Para 1. 24 Comment to the Report of the Republic of Serbia made by the Committee against Torture from the 41st session held from 3 to 21 November 2008 to the Report of the Republic of Serbia. 25 Enacted on November 4th, 1950 in Rome 26 Signed on November 26th 1987 in Strasbourg 27 “Official Gazette of Serbia and Montenegro – International Treaties“, no. 9/2003, 5/2005 and 7/2005 - corrig. And Official Gazette of Serbia and Montenegro – International Treaties, no. 9/2003). 28 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, Article 1. 29 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, Article 2 and Article 7, Para 1. 30 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, Article 8 31 European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, Article 10, Para 1. 32 Reports on visits to RS and Answers of the RS Government may be found on the web page of European Committee for the Prevention of Torture at www.cpt.coe.int/en/states/srb.htm.