LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ECHR European Court of Human Rights EU European Union HEAE Hesse Reception Centre for Refugees in Gießen NPM National Preventive Mechanism OPCAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment SGB German Social Code [Sozialgesetzbuch] SPT Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment UfA Detention centre for persons required to leave the country UN United Nations 8