CPT at 30: conference on safeguards during first hours of custody

The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) is organising a conference in Strasbourg on 4 November to mark its 30th anniversary and to discuss the implementation of detention safeguards in the first hours of police custody, a time when the risk of ill-treatment is higher. The conference is co-organised by the Association for the Prevention of Torture. More...