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.