Appendices
3. The CPT’s field of operations
Geographical scope
Note: This is an unofficial representation of States bound by the Convention. For technical reasons it has not
been possible to show the entire territory of certain of the States concerned.
States bound by the Convention
Albania
Andorra
Armenia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
“The former Yugoslav
Republic of
Macedonia”
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
47 States; prison population: 1 819 351 prisoners
Main source: Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics (SPACE 2007.1); data as at 1 September 2007
It should be noted that the CPT’s mandate also covers all other categories of places where persons are
deprived of their liberty: police establishments, detention centres for juveniles, military detention facilities,
holding centres for aliens, psychiatric hospitals, homes for the elderly, etc.
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