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<p>I refer to the answer to PQ 3772 - the MoJ does not hold information on the number
of states party to the European Convention on Human Rights whose prisons breach any
term of the Convention. However, information on states party to the European Convention
on Human Rights, whose prisons have caused them to be found to be in violation of
the Convention by the European Court of Human Rights, can be found on the Court’s
searchable database at:</p><p><a title="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#%7B%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]%7D
http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}"
href="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#%7B%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]%7D"
target="_blank">http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/sites/eng/Pages/search.aspx#{%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22GRANDCHAMBER%22,%22CHAMBER%22]}</a></p><p>Where
the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that poor prison conditions in a state
party to the Convention breach the requirements of the Convention, the government
would seek to find a way to enable the transfer to take place through assurances or
other measures to address that issue. We have not yet had to seek such an assurance
nor have we refused a transfer based on the grounds that prison conditions breach
article 3.</p>
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