EN_CPT_AR.book Page 10 Monday, October 25, 2010 5:14 PM CPT General Report 2009-2010 9. The ad hoc visit to Lithuania in June 2010 was also very much a follow-up visit, one of the main objectives being to re-examine the treatment of inmates at Kaunas Juvenile Remand Prison. During the periodic visit in 2008, it was found that the conditions of detention of juvenile remand prisoners at the Kaunas establishment left a great deal to be desired. In addition to returning to Kaunas Juvenile Remand Prison, the delegation which carried out the 2010 visit took the opportunity to review the treatment of persons detained by the police, with particular emphasis on Klaipėda (a region which had not previously been visited by the Committee). Another issue addressed by the CPT’s delegation was the alleged existence some years ago on Lithuanian territory of secret detention facilities operated by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America. The delegation had talks with the Chairman of the Lithuanian Parliament’s Committee on National Security and Defence about the findings from the investigation recently undertaken by the Committee in relation to this matter. And it met members of the Prosecutor General’s Office entrusted with the pre-trial investigation which had subsequently been launched. Further, the facilities referred to as “Project No. 1” and “Project No. 2” in the report of the Parliamentary Committee were visited by the delegation. 10. As regards the ad hoc visit to Moldova in July 2010, the CPT’s intention was to review the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the Transnistrian region of the country. More than four years had elapsed since the CPT’s last visit there, and reports recently received by the Committee indicated that a fresh look at the situation in police and prison establishments in the region was required. From the initial consultations with the de facto authorities, it appeared that – as in the past – they would fully cooperate with the CPT’s delegation. However, shortly after the delegation had commenced a visit to the remand section of Colony No. 3 in Tiraspol, it was informed that, unlike during the Committee’s previous visits, it would not be allowed to interview remand prisoners in private. Subsequent discussions with the de facto authorities did not make it possible to resolve this problem. Such a restriction contradicts one of the fundamental characteristics of the preventive mechanism embodied by the CPT, namely the power to interview in private any person deprived of their liberty. Consequently, the Committee’s delegation decided to interrupt its visit to the Transnistrian region. Nevertheless, the delegation visited Penitentiary establishments Nos. 8 and 12 in Bender; these establishments are located in an area controlled by the de facto authorities of the Transnistrian region but form part of the prison system of the Republic of Moldova. The opportunity was also taken to review the treatment of persons detained by the Moldovan police. 10