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Rather than automatic publication being imposed, the CPT would prefer that
it be a policy that States voluntarily choose to adopt. In this connection, the
Committee welcomes the request recently made by the Moldovan Government that
all future CPT reports on visits to its country be published as soon as possible after
transmission to the authorities, without prior authorisation8.
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In this section, a closer look is taken at some of the visits reports
and government responses published during the last twelve months.
28.
Report on the periodic visit to Georgia in February 2010 and
response of the Georgian authorities
(treatment of persons detained by the police and investigations into
complaints, prison overcrowding, living conditions in psychiatric/
social care establishments)
29. This fourth periodic visit by the CPT to Georgia confirmed that the situation
as regards the treatment of persons detained by the police has considerably
improved. Nevertheless, the persistence of some allegations of ill-treatment clearly
indicates that the authorities must remain vigilant. In its report, the CPT
recommends that a firm message of “zero tolerance” of ill-treatment, including
through training activities, be delivered to all police staff.
30. Particular attention was paid during the visit to the manner in which
investigations were carried out into cases involving allegations of ill-treatment, and
the report concludes that the effectiveness of such investigations needs to be
improved. By way of example, the delegation found that in the case of a prisoner who
died shortly after his admission to Prison No. 7 in Tbilisi in September 2009, the
police officers who had arrested the person concerned had still not been questioned
(i.e. five months after the initiation of the preliminary investigation).
Recommendations are also made to strengthen legal safeguards against ill-treatment
and, in particular, to ensure that the right of access to a lawyer is fully effective as
from the outset of deprivation of liberty.
8.
The Moldovan Government reserved the right, in certain cases, to refuse or delay a publication.
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