Prevention of torture and ill-treatment – Special report 2015

Description

This report reflects the activity of the Ombudsman in 2015, as the National Torture Prevention Mechanism (NPM), according to its special competence provided by Law 4228/2014 (article 2). The NPM, during 2015, focused on three key areas:

Analysing the scope and extent of its competence, good practices and search for collaborations, in the direction of the efficient exercise of the competences.
Defining the methodology of the investigation, collection of data, processing and presentation of findings and recommendations.
Establishing the criteria for prioritising the selection of the detention facilities to be visited.