Within the project ‘Improving Conditions and Finding Alternatives to Detention’, the ERA is currently organising the second seminar dedicated to ‘Supervising matters related to detention – The Council of Europe and international bodies’ work in improving detention conditions’.
Objective
This seminar will focus on the work of the Council of Europe and inter-national bodies in improving conditions related to detention.
Key topics
Pros and cons of the revised UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (‘Nelson Mandela Rules’)
The work of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) and its cooperation with the National Preventive Mechanisms (NPM)
The Council of Europe’s legal body of recommendations, conventions and resolutions, in particular the European Prison Rules
The work of the Council of Europe, its Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), and Council for Penological Cooperation (CP-PC) in the field of detention
Initiatives and solutions regarding prison overcrowding, the prevention of radicalisation in prison, and foreign national prisoners
Looking beyond: the situation regarding immigration detention and alternatives to immigration detention in the EU
Officials from prison administrations, the probation system and prison monitoring bodies, ministry officials, and officials from judicial training institutions, judges, prosecutors, and lawyers in private practice.