Publication

This study assesses the effectives of external visiting of police stations on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment of detainees in five countries: England and Wales, The Netherlands, Hungary, South Africa and Northern Ireland. It employs cases studies in traditional societies and established democracies for comparative analysis. The author concludes that external visiting schemes have the potential to influence the conditions and treatment of detainees in individual cases, but necessitate, among others, credibility and sensitivity toward the local and historical context.