Torture Prevention Team Finds Most Irregularities in Prisons

Ljubljana, 27 October - A group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment has found the highest number of irregularities in prisons, which are overcrowded and lack staff.

Ljubljana Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Deputy ombudsman Ivan Selih at a presentation of a report by a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Deputy ombudsman Ivan Selih at a presentation of a report by a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik (centre) and her deputy Ivan Selih (left) presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik (centre) and her deputy Ivan Selih (left) presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik (second from the left) and her deputy Ivan Selih (left) presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik (second from the left) and her deputy Ivan Selih (left) presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Ombudsman Zdenka Cebasek Travnik presenting a report of a group of experts overseeing closed institutions in Slovenia to prevent torture in line with the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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