The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture will carry out its first visit to France next week to assess detention conditions across the country, in prisons, police and gendarmerie custody facilities, psychiatric institutions and administrative detention centres.
The visit, scheduled from 17 to 23 May and announced by the organisation on Tuesday, follows France’s 2008 ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture, which allows independent international experts to inspect detention facilities and work with authorities on safeguards against abuse.
