Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture ANNUAL REPORT 2009 / 2010 Period under report 1 May 2009 – 30 April 2010 2 © Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture All rights reserved Printed by: Druckerei Zeidler GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz-Kastel Federal Agency for the Prevention of Torture Viktoriastraße 35 65189 Wiesbaden Tel.: 0611-15758-18 Fax: 0611-15758-29 E-Mail:
[email protected] An electronic version of this Annual Report can be retrieved from the “Annual Reports” section of the www.bsvf.de Internet site. 3 Article 1 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz) (1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority. (2) The German people therefore acknowledge inviolable and inalienable human rights as the basis of every community, of peace and of justice in the world. (3) The following basic rights shall bind the legislature, the executive and the judiciary as directly applicable law. 4 List of specific abbreviations APT Association for the Prevention of Torture BPolG Federal Police Act (Bundespolizeigesetz) BRAS Regulations, Guidelines, Instructions, Collections of Lists and Reference Works (Bestimmungen, Richtlinien, Anweisungen, Sammlungen von Katalogen und Nach- schlagewerken) BwVollzO Ordinance on the Enforcement of Prison Sentences, Military Disciplinary Confinement, Youth Detention and Disciplinary Detention by authorities of the Federal Armed Forces (Verordnung über den Vollzug von Freiheitsstrafe, Strafarrest, Jugendarrest und Diszi- plinararrest durch Behörden der Bundeswehr) CAT Convention