Harding T W
University Institute of Legal Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.
Lancet. 1989 May 27;1(8648):1191-3. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)92764-5.
A new European convention creates a mechanism for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatments of detained people through visits by outside, independent teams with unlimited access to places of detention. The convention has important implications for the medical profession: firstly, visits to psychiatric hospitals will be included and, in particular, to secure facilities, where the risk of human rights abuses is well established; and, secondly, the adequacy and ethics of medical care in prisons will be a key issue in assessing the protection of prisoners' human rights. The convention should be welcomed by the medical profession as a stimulus to the improvement of medical care for detained people.
一项新的欧洲公约设立了一种机制，通过外部独立团队进行探访，确保这些团队能够不受限制地进入拘留场所，从而预防对被拘留者的酷刑以及不人道或有辱人格的待遇。该公约对医疗行业具有重要意义：其一，探访范围将包括精神病院，尤其是安全设施完善的精神病院，在这类机构中侵犯人权的风险已确凿存在；其二，监狱医疗护理的充分性和伦理道德将成为评估囚犯人权保护情况的关键问题。医疗行业应欢迎该公约，因为它能促进改善对被拘留者的医疗护理。
