set in motion the process of
amending the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (ETS No. 126) to permit:
1.1.1 the election by the Parliamentary Assembly of members
of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT);
1.1.2 the automatic publication of the visit reports and of
the comments of the parties concerned, providing the possibility
for each party to request postponement of publication for up to
six months after transmission;
