{"id":59826,"date":"2023-03-08T15:46:36","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dignity.dk\/?p=59826"},"modified":"2023-03-08T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:48:10","slug":"therese-rytter-re-elected-as-vice-president-of-the-european-committee-for-the-prevention-of-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dignity.dk\/en\/news\/therese-rytter-re-elected-as-vice-president-of-the-european-committee-for-the-prevention-of-torture\/","title":{"rendered":"Therese Rytter re-elected as Vice President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"59826\" class=\"elementor elementor-59826\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-378d719 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"378d719\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-580abe9\" data-id=\"580abe9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22180e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22180e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>DIGNITY&#8217;s legal director continues as Vice President of the important body that works to prevent torture in Council of Europe member states<\/h4><p>54-year-old Therese Rytter was re-elected on Wednesday for a new term as Vice President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/cpt\">European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)<\/a>, which is part of the Council of Europe.<\/p><p>\u00bbI&#8217;m very honoured to have been re-elected as Vice President of the CPT\u00ab, says Therese Rytter, who is DIGNITY\u2019s Legal Director.<\/p><p>\u00bbThe CPT is an extraordinary institution, which has contributed significantly to preventing and combating torture in police stations, prisons, psychiatric hospitals, and immigration detention centres across the Council of Europe\u2019s member states\u00ab, she adds.\u00a0<\/p><p>The CPT visits institutions in Council of Europe member states where persons are deprived of their liberty and monitors how they are treated. CPT delegations have unimpeded access to the institutions and access to speak confidentially with prisoners, staff and others who can provide information about the conditions.<\/p><p>After the visits, the CPT submits a report to the government of the visited country. The report contains CPT observations and recommendations and is part of the continued dialogue with the government.<\/p><p>\u00bbThe work of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture is particularly important these years as illiberal democracies are on the rise and the ugly face of torture is emerging in new contexts, such as in connection with violent pushbacks at the EU\u2019s external borders and in the form of brutal assaults and war crimes during armed conflicts\u00ab, says Therese Rytter.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DIGNITY&#8217;s legal director continues as Vice President of the important body that works to prevent torture in Council of Europe member states 54-year-old Therese Rytter was re-elected on Wednesday for a new term as Vice President of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT), which is part of the Council of Europe. \u00bbI&#8217;m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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