The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) issued a statement on Thursday 13 July criticising the persistent incapacity of the Belgian authorities to introduce a minimum service to ensure the respect of detainee rights in the event of a strike by prison staff.
Exceptionally, this procedure was decided by a two-thirds majority and only applies if a state does not collaborate or refuses to improve a situation in the light of the CPT’s recommendations.
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