The Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee will be assessing the treatment of detained people in Malta, one of 10 countries targeted for scrutiny in 2015.
Delegations from the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment (CPT) are granted unlimited access to places where people are deprived of their liberty, including prisons and detention centres. The aim is to strengthen the protection of detained people from ill-treatment.
The committee’s conclusions are then submitted to the government in a confidential report. Individuals having information that could assist the CPT delegation are invited to bring it to the committee’s attention.