Annual Report 2010/2011
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National Agency for the Prevention of Torture ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Period under review 1 May 2010 – 31 December 2011 23 © National Agency for the Prevention of Torture All rights reserved Printed by: Heimsheim Prison National Agency for the Prevention of Torture Viktoriastraße 35 65189 Wiesbaden Tel.: 0611-160 222 818 Fax: 0611-160 222 829 E-Mail: [email protected] An electronic version of this Annual Report can be retrieved from the “Annual Reports” sec- tion of the www.antifolterstelle.de Internet site. 2 National Agency for the Prevention of Torture ANNUAL REPORT 2010/2011 Period under review 1 May 2010 – 31 December 2011 32 43 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. 5 List of specific abbreviations APT Association for the Prevention of Torture CAT Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ECHR European Court of Human Rights ETS European Treaty Series NPM National Preventive Mechanism OP-CAT Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment SPT Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or De- grading Treatment or Punishment 6 Contents A. General information about the work of the National Agency ...................................... 10 I. History and legal foundation ....................................................................................... 10 II. The foundation created for the work of the National Agency ...................................... 11 1. Institutional framework and legal nature .................................................................... 11 2. Tasks and powers ...................................................................................................... 11 3. Provision with staff and funding ................................................................................. 13 B. Implementation of the National Agency’s inspection visits ........................................ 15 I. Basis ........................................................................................................................... 15 II. Procedure followed in the inspection visits ................................................................. 15 III. Inspection of the files .................................................................................................. 17 IV. Submission of recommendations and reactions by the authorities ............................. 18 V. The spotlight of the visits by the National Agency and examples of best practice ..... 18 C. Presentation of the main results of the Federal Agency’s visits ................................ 25 I. Federal Police ............................................................................................................. 25 1. Munich Airport and Munich Main Station Federal Police Stations, as well as Munich Eastern Station Federal Police Station in May 2010 ..................................... 25 2. Berlin-Schönefeld Airport Federal Police Station in July 2010 ................................... 26 3. Federal Police Stations at Hamburg Airport and Hamburg Main Station, as well as the Federal Anti-Crime Police Station in August 2010 ............................................... 27 4. Kehl Federal Police Station in November 2010 ......................................................... 29 5. Federal Police Stations in Düsseldorf Airport and Düsseldorf in January 2011 ......... 30 6. Federal Police Station in Dresden and in the Federal Police Station at Dresden Airport in May 2011 .................................................................................................... 31 7. Berlin Eastern Station Federal Police Station and Berlin-Lichtenberg Federal Police Station in June 2011 ....................................................................................... 33 II. Federal Armed Forces ................................................................................................ 34 1. Burg Federal Armed Forces barracks in July 2010.................................................... 34 2. Torgelow and Viereck Federal Armed Forces barracks in October 2010 .................. 34 3. Sigmaringen and Stetten a.k.M. Federal Armed Forces barracks in September 2011 ........................................................................................................................... 35 III. Customs ...................................................................................................................... 36 1. Dresden customs investigation office in May 2011 .................................................... 36 2. Berlin customs investigation office in June 2011 ....................................................... 38 D. Description of the essential results of the visits by the Commission of the Länder 39 I. Prisons ........................................................................................................................ 39 1. Rosdorf prison in October 2010 ................................................................................. 39 2. Frankfurt III women’s prison in January 2011 ............................................................ 40 3. Berlin youth prison in April 2011 ................................................................................ 42 4. Bernau am Chiemsee prison in May 2011 ................................................................. 44 7 5. Dresden prison in July 2011 ....................................................................................... 47 6. Prison for women in Chemnitz in July 2011 ................................................................ 49 7. Werl prison in August 2011 ......................................................................................... 50 II. Psychiatric facilities ...................................................................................................... 53 1. Lippstadt Centre for Forensic Psychiatry in August 2011 ........................................... 53 2. Parsberg II district hospital in November 2011 ........................................................... 57 II.III. Facilities for detention pending deportation ................................................................. 60 1.III.Berlin-Köpenick facility for detention pending deportation in April 2011 .................... 60 IV. Police units of the Länder ............................................................................................ 65 1. Mainz 1 and Mainz 2 police stations in December 2010............................................. 65 2. Saxony-Annhalt North police directorate and Jerichower Land police station in January 2011 .............................................................................................................. 67 3. Police stations 11, 14 and 16 in Hamburg in March 2011 .......................................... 70 4. Hanover-Schützenplatz police station in April 2011.................................................... 76 V. Facilities of youth welfare and nursing homes ............................................................. 79 E. Further activities of the National Agency in the period under review ........................ 80 1. Specialist associations and public relations work ....................................................... 80 2. International cooperation ............................................................................................ 81 3. Overview of enquiries by individuals ........................................................................... 82 Annex ..................................................................................................................................... 83 I. History and legal basis................................................................................................. 83 II. Chronological overview of visits in the period from 1 May 2010 to 31 December 2011 ............................................................................................................................. 84 III. Overview of the national and international activities of the Federal Agency and the Commission of the Länder in the period under review ................................................ 85 IV. General Assembly Resolution 57/199 on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 18 December 2002 .................................................................................................. 90 V. Administrative Order of the Federal Ministry of Justice of 20 November 2008 ......... 105 VI. State Treaty on the establishment of a national mechanism of all Länder in accordance with Article 3 of the Optional Protocol of 18 December 2002 to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment ................................................................................................................ 107 VII. 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