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CONTENTS >> UNITED NATIONS / Council of Europe
UNITED NATIONS
COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE
143rd session ■ 3 – 28 March 2025
The Committee will review State reports submitted by Albania, Montenegro and North Macedonia.
>> NGOs can submit information by 3 February 2025. See details on the session here.
UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
Country visits ■ 2025
The SPT announced visits to France and Serbia in 2025.
>> NGOs are encouraged to contact the Subcommittee in advance of visits. See press release here.
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
Committee of Ministers
1521st DH Meeting ■ 4 – 6 March 2025
The CMCE has published the list of cases to be examined at its next DH meeting. It includes the following cases on prisoners’ rights:
- Strazmiri v. Albania (no. 34602/16, 2020): Poor conditions of detention and inadequate medical treatment of a mentally ill person detained in prison; unlawful detention in an inadequate institution; failure to examine speedily the lawfulness of the applicant’s detention; absence of right to compensation (last examination: June 2024).
- Insanov v. Azerbaijan (no. 16133/08, 2013): Unfair criminal and civil proceedings; inhuman and degrading detention conditions (last examination: March 2019).
- Varga and others v. Hungary (no. 14097/12, 2015) & István Gábor Kovács v. Hungary (no. 15707/10, 2012): Overcrowding and poor material conditions of detention, lack of effective remedies and other deficiencies in the protection of prisoners’ rights (last examination: March 2024).
- Ukraine v. Russia (re Crimea) (no. 20958/14, 2024): Multiple violations of the Convention regarding events in Crimea (27/02/2014 – 16/09/2022), including the forced-transfer of prisoners from Crimea to Russia (first examination).
- Navalnyy and Ofitserov v. Russia (no. 46632/13, 2016): Different violations relating to various repressive measures taken by the authorities against Mr Aleksey Navalnyy; material detention conditions in prison (last examination: March 2024).
>> NGOs are invited to send their submissions preferably by 14 January 2025. See full list of cases for the 1521st DH meeting here, and the 2025 programme of work here.
European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Country visits ■ 2025
The CPT has announced it will visit the following countries in 2025: Azerbaijan, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Romania and Spain.
>> NGOs are invited to contact the Committee ahead of the visits. See the press release on the 2025 visits here.
