Recommendation 2146 (2019)

Improving follow-up to CPT recommendations: enhanced role of the Parliamentary Assembly and of national parliaments

Author(s): Parliamentary Assembly

Origin - Assembly debate on 25 January 2019 (9th Sitting) (see Doc. 14788, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Damir Arnaut). Text adopted by the Assembly on 25 January 2019 (9th Sitting).

1. The Parliamentary Assembly recalls its Resolution 2264 (2019) “Improving follow-up to CPT recommendations: enhanced role of the Parliamentary Assembly and of national parliaments”.

2. The Assembly reiterates its invitation to the Committee of Ministers, previously extended in Recommendation 1968 (2011) on strengthening torture prevention mechanisms in Europe, to place on its agenda and discuss as a matter of urgency any public statement adopted by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment under Article 10 of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 126), and to adopt a resolution in this sense, as appropriate.