United Kingdom - OPCAT Situation
The APT is currently compiling OPCAT - related information on United Kingdom. Further detailed information will be soon available.
The SPT member Mari Amos is the SPT Focal Point for the United Kingdom.
The following 18 bodies were designated as NPM in the United Kingdom:
England and Wales
• Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP)
• Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB)
• Independent Custody Visiting Association (ICVA)
• Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)
• Care Quality Commission (CQC)
• Healthcare Inspectorate of Wales (HIW)
• Children’s Commissioner for England (CCE)
• Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW)
• Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)
Scotland
• Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS)
• Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary for Scotland (HMICS)
• Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC)
• Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland (MWCS)
• The Care Commission (CC)
Northern Ireland
• Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB)
• Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland (CJINI)
• Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA)
• Northern Ireland Policing Board Independent Custody Visiting Scheme (NIPBICVS)
They are all coordinated by the UK HM Inspectorate for Prisons. Further information is available on the website of the Bristol Human Rights Implementation Centre (UK NPM Database).