This second seminar in a series co-funded by the European Commission will focus on the work of the Council of Europe and international bodies in improving conditions related to detention.
Key topics
Work of the Council of Europe and its European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) in the field of detention
The Council of Europe’s legal body of recommendations, conventions and resolutions, in particular the European Prison Rules
UN Optional Protocol against Torture (OPCAT) and national preventative mechanisms
Alternatives to imprisonment, actions on improving detention conditions and improving coordination of prison monitoring among key actors
Judges, prosecutors, lawyers in private practice, ministry officials, and officials from judicial training institutions, prison administrations, the probation system and prison monitoring bodies.