36 CPT: 11TH GENERAL REPORT Strasbourg, 24 November 2000 Dear Mrs de Sampayo Garrido-Nijgh, We thank you for your letter of 7 November 2000 and are pleased to confirm that, subject to the terms of that letter, the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) is prepared to assist the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (International Tribunal) in monitoring the conditions in prisons where persons convicted by the International Tribunal are serving their sentences. The CPT looks forward to continuing its close cooperation with the International Tribunal in the implementation of this Exchange of Letters. Yours sincerely, Silvia CASALE President of the CPT Walter SCHWIMMER Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mrs Dorothee DE SAMPAYO GARRIDO-NIJGH Registrar International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia PO Box 13888 2501 EW THE HAGUE Netherlands