EN_CPT_AR.book Page 13 Monday, October 25, 2010 5:14 PM Activities during the period 1 August 2009 to 31 July 2010 15. In June 2010, the CPT organised its second visit to Kosovo2 (the first having taken place in March 2007). The visit was carried out on the basis of the Agreement signed in 2004 between the Council of Europe and the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK). The CPT’s delegation examined the treatment of detained persons in a variety of places of deprivation of liberty throughout Kosovo, including police stations, penitentiary establishments and psychiatric/social welfare institutions. In the course of the visit, the delegation had consultations with the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in Kosovo, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and the Deputy Head of the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX), as well as with senior officials of the relevant ministries. The delegation also met the Commander of the international security presence in Kosovo (KFOR). It was informed that at present there are no KFOR-operated detention facilities. Monitoring on behalf of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) 16. This specific monitoring activity is regulated by an exchange of letters between the ICTY and the Council of Europe dated 7 and 24 November 2000 (see Appendix 5 of the 11th General Report, CPT/Inf (2001) 16). At present, the CPT has agreed to monitor the treatment and conditions of detention of persons convicted by the ICTY and serving their sentences in Albania, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. As already indicated, two visits were organised by the CPT under this arrangement during the period covered by this General Report, both of which were to the United Kingdom. 17. The first visit took place in March 2010, the CPT’s delegation examining the situation of three persons convicted by the ICTY and who were serving their sentences, respectively, at Belmarsh, Shotts and Wakefield Prisons. The second visit was organised in June 2010 and related to one of the three above-mentioned prisoners, namely Radislav Krstić. Six weeks after having been visited by the CPT, this prisoner was the subject of a serious assault by other inmates in his cell at Wakefield Prison. In the light of this event, the Committee considered it necessary to re-examine the treatment of this prisoner and to hold discussions with senior officials responsible for his care. 2. See footnote 1 on page 8. 13

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