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ARCHIVES *** Council of Europe
anti-torture Committee announces periodic visits to eight countries in 2023 European Committee
for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment CPT, 27 July 2022 [accessed 28 July
2022] The European
Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (CPT) has announced today its 2023 programme
of periodic visits. The Committee
intends to examine the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty in the
following countries: Albania, Armenia,
Cyprus, Hungary, Luxembourg, Malta, North Macedonia, and the Slovak Republic. 2020 Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices: Luxembourg U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, 30 March 2021 www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/luxembourg/
[accessed 27 July
2021] TORTURE AND OTHER
CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT The law prohibits
such practices, and there were no reports that government officials employed
them. Impunity was not a
significant problem in the security forces. PRISON AND DETENTION
CENTER CONDITIONS There were no significant
reports regarding prison or detention center conditions that raised human
rights concerns. Freedom House
Country Report 2018 Edition freedomhouse.org/country/luxembourg/freedom-world/2018 [accessed 18 May
2020] F3. IS THERE
PROTECTION FROM THE ILLEGITIMATE USE OF PHYSICAL FORCE AND FREEDOM FROM WAR
AND INSURGENCIES? Luxembourg is free
from war and insurgencies. Protections against the illegitimate use of force are
adequate. Committee
Against Torture Considers The Reports Of Luxembourg UN Office at Geneva
UNOG, 28 April 2015 www.unog.ch/unog/website/news_media.nsf/%28httpNewsByYear_en%29/84EF6CE39C9AC1F3C1257E350052C9A7?OpenDocument [accessed 10 May
2015] www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15900&LangID=E [accessed 27 July
2017] The Committee
against Torture today concluded its consideration of the combined sixth and
seventh periodic report of Luxembourg on its implementation of the provisions
of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading
Treatment or Punishment. During the
interactive dialogue Committee Experts said Luxembourg was one of the rare
States for which the Committee had not received any complaints of torture,
and one of the only States which did not have overcrowded prisons, which was
commendable. Due to a decrease
in the prison population there was now no prison overcrowding in
Luxembourg. There were 598 detainees
as of March 2015 compared to 623 detainees in March 2014, which remained
short of the critical capacity of 700 detainees. Conclusions and
recommendations of the Committee against Torture U.N. Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment -- Doc. CAT/C/CR/28/2
(2002) www1.umn.edu/humanrts/cat/observations/luxembourg2002.html [accessed 3 March
2013] 5. The Committee
expresses concern about the following: (a) That minors
ordered to be placed in disciplinary centres are put in adult prisons; (b) The institution
of solitary confinement, particularly as a preventive measure during
pre-trial detention. Search … AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL For more
articles:: Search Amnesty
International’s website www.amnesty.org/en/search/?q=luxembourg+torture&ref=&year=&lang=en&adv=1&sort=relevance [accessed 6 January 2019] Scroll
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EARLIER EDITIONS OF SOME OF THE ABOVE *** Freedom House
Country Report - Political Rights: 1 Civil Liberties: 1 Status: Free 2009 Edition www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2009/luxembourg [accessed 4 February
2013] LONG URL
ç 2009 Country Reports begin on Page 21 [accessed 13 May
2020] The judiciary is
independent, but judges are appointed by the grand duke. Detainees are
treated humanely in police stations and prisons. Human Rights
Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61661.htm [accessed 4 February
2013] 2009-2017.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61661.htm [accessed 4 July
2019] TORTURE
AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT – The law
prohibits such practices, and there were no reports that government officials
employed them. All material
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