Wednesday, June 18, 2008

[France] Recording interrogations is not enough - more safeguards needed for rights of detainees / Amnesty International, 3 June 2008
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGEUR210042008&lang=e
"In line with the recommendations of the CPT, Amnesty International's research concluded that the introduction of audio-visual surveillance measures in police stations would be an important protection measure against ill-treatment. The organization has also called on the French authorities to introduce a range of legislative, judicial, and administrative measures to prevent torture and other ill-treatment and to ensure the prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation of any case where there is reason to believe torture or ill-treatment may have occurred."