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Activities during the period 1 August 2010 to 31 July 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Periodic visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ad hoc visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monitoring on behalf of the International Criminal Tribunal
for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Plenary meetings and activities of subgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Contacts with other bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Access to a lawyer as a means of preventing ill-treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Publication of CPT visit reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Selected publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report on the periodic visit to Georgia in February 2010 and
response of the Georgian authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report on the periodic visit to Ireland in January/February 2010 and
response of the Irish authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report on the ad hoc visit to Lithuania in June 2010 and response
of the Lithuanian authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report on the periodic visit to Malta in May 2008 and response of
the Maltese authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report on the periodic visit to Poland in November/December 2009
and response of the Polish authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report on the ad hoc visit to Romania in September/October 2009
and response of the Romanian authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Report on the periodic visit to Turkey in June 2009 and response
of the Turkish authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Solitary confinement of prisoners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The principles involved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Types of solitary confinement and their legitimacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
The decision of placement in solitary confinement: procedures and
safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Material conditions in solitary confinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Regimes in solitary confinement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The role of health-care staff in solitary confinement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50