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- 6 -I. INTRODUCTIONA. Dates of the visit and composition of the delegation1. In pursuance of Article 7 of the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture andInhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”), adelegation of the CPT visited Armenia from 10 to 21 May 2010. The visit formed part of theCommittee’s programme of periodic visits for 2010. It was the CPT’s third periodic visit to Armenia. 12. The visit was carried out by the following members of the CPT:- Mauro PALMA, President of the Committee (Head of delegation)- Ivan JANKOVIĆ- Isolde KIEBER- Marzena KSEL- George TUGUSHIwho were supported by Johan FRIESTEDT and Stephanie MEGIES of the CPT’s Secretariat.They were assisted by:- Paul BUSCHINI, Director of Operations, Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission,Dublin, Ireland, and former Detective Superintendent in the LancashireConstabulary, United Kingdom (expert)- Clive MEUX, consultant forensic psychiatrist, Oxford, United Kingdom (expert)- Aram BAYANDURYAN (interpreter)- Anahit BOBIKYAN (interpreter)- Gevork GEVORKYAN (interpreter)- Vahe MKRTCHYAN (interpreter)- Levon SHAHZADEYAN (interpreter).1The reports on the two previous periodic visits, in 2002 and 2006, as well as the reports on two ad hoc visitscarried out by the CPT to Armenia, in 2004 and 2008, have been made public at the request of the Armenianauthorities, together with their responses (see CPT/Inf (2004) 25, CPT/Inf (2004) 26, CPT/Inf (2004) 27,CPT/Inf (2006) 38, CPT/Inf (2006) 39, CPT/Inf (2007) 47 and CPT/Inf (2007) 48, CPT/Inf (2010) 7 andCPT/Inf (2010) 8).
- 7 -B. Establishments visited3. The delegation visited the following places:Police establishments- Detention Facility of Yerevan City Police Department- Kentron District Police Division, Yerevan- Nor Nork District Police Division, Yerevan- Shengavit District Police Division, Yerevan- Abovyan Police Division- Armavir Police Division- Charentsavan Police Division- Echmiatzin Police Division- Gavar Police Division- Martuni Police Division- Sevan Police Division- Vardenis Police DivisionMilitary establishments- Isolator of the Military Police Headquarters, Yerevan- Disciplinary Isolator of Yerevan Military Police Division- Hrazdan Military Disciplinary Battalion (solitary confinement cells)- Disciplinary Isolator of Sevan Military Police Division, MartuniNational Security Service establishments- Detention Facility of the National Security Service Headquarters, YerevanPrison Service establishments- Kosh Prison- Nubarashen Prison- Prison Hospital (psychiatric ward)- Vardashen PrisonThe delegation also examined the situation of life-sentenced prisoners at Yerevan-KentronPrison.Psychiatric establishments- Nubarashen Republican Psychiatric Hospital (Secure Unit)- Yerevan Nork Centre of Mental HealthSocial care homes- Vardenis Nursing Home (“Internat”).
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