Contents
20 years of the CPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Activities during the period 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Periodic visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ad hoc visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
High-level talks and contacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Level of co-operation received by the CPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Plenary meetings and activities of subgroups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Contacts with other bodies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Publication highlights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Report on the ad hoc visit to Albania in June 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Report on the ad hoc visit to the Czech Republic in March/April
2008 and response of the Czech authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Report on the periodic visit to Finland in April 2008 and response
of the Finnish authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Report on the ad hoc visit to Greece in September 2008 and
response of the Greek authorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Report on the periodic visit to Moldova in September 2007 and
response of the Moldovan authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Reports on the ad hoc visits to “the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia” in October 2007 and July 2008 and responses of the
national authorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Report on the visit to Kosovo* in March 2007 and response of
UNMIK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Safeguards for irregular migrants deprived of their liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Preliminary remarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Deprivation of liberty of irregular migrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Basic rights at the initial stages of deprivation of liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
General safeguards during deprivation of liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Health-related safeguards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Three other important safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Additional safeguards for children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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All references to Kosovo, whether the territory, institutions or population, in this general report shall be understood
in full compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 and without prejudice to the status of
Kosovo.
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