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Nimba county prison inmate looks through a window of a cell, Liberia, 2008
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Italy

Council of Europe: a survey highlights the problem of prison overcrowding in Italy and in Europe

House of Representatives
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United Nations

Italian Parliament: the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture (OPCAT) has been ratified

Libra and gavel as a simbol of justice
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Italy

The Justice Commission of the Italian Senate approves the Bill for the introduction of the crime of torture in the Italian criminal code

Palazzo Madama facade, Senato della Reppublica
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United Nations

The Foreign Affairs Commission of the Italian Senate approves the Bill for the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against torture

Cover of the European Committee Report for the prevention of torture in occasion of its fifth periodic visit to Italy, 14-26 September 2008
Italy

Council of Europe anti-torture Committee publishes report on Italy

Insignia of Italian Republic
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Public meeting on the Italian Parliament's Prospects of Ratification and Implementation of the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT), University of Padova, 26 March 2010

Four workers laying down 4 of the 12 stars of a large representation of the flag of the Council of Europe during a celebration.
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Setting Up an active network of national preventive mechanisms against torture. An activity of the Peer-to-Peer Network (2010-ongoing). European National Preventive Mechanism against torture (NPM) Project, University of Padova, 2010

Four workers laying down 4 of the 12 stars of a large representation of the flag of the Council of Europe during a celebration.
© Consiglio d'Europa
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1st Thematic NPM Workshop on “The role of NPMs in preventing ill-treatment in psychiatric institutions”, Padua (Italy), 24-25 March 2010

Participants to the first meeting of the “European National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM) Project”, held in Padua on 27-28 January 2010.
© Centro Diritti Umani - Università di Padova
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1st Meeting of European NPM Contact Persons, Padua (Italy), 27-28 January 2010

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Council of Europe

Annual meeting of Contact Persons, Budapest, 17-18 November 2009

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Council of Europe

Rights of persons deprived of their liberty : The role of national human rights structures which are OPCAT mechanisms and of those which are not, Padova, 9-10 Aprile 2008