On 5 March 2019, representatives of the Seimas
Ombudsmen’s Office attended the meeting
with representatives of the Association for
the Prevention of Torture (APT) to discuss the
peculiarities of the care of persons suffering
from tuberculosis in prison and mental health
institutions. The APT representatives emphasised
that the care of persons suffering from tuberculosis
should not differ from that of other inmates of
those institutions, and that automatic isolation of
the convicted or persons suffering from mental
and behavioural disorders is not acceptable and
does not comply with the principles of protection
against torture laid down in the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
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