Contents FOREWORD 5 ACTIVITIES DURING THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2016 7 Visits 7 High-level talks with national authorities 9 Plenary meetings and activities of subgroups 10 10 Contacts with other bodies PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS 15 Introduction 15 Selected publications 16 REMAND DETENTION ORGANISATIONAL MATTERS CPT membership Bureau of the CPT Secretariat of the CPT 31 41 41 42 42 APPENDICES 45 1. The CPT’s mandate and modus operandi 2. Signatures and ratifications of the Convention establishing the CPT 3. The CPT’s field of operations 4. CPT members 5. CPT Secretariat 45 46 47 49 50 6. CPT visits, reports and publications 52 54 7. Countries and places of deprivation of liberty visited by CPT delegations ► Page 3