Judicial Modernisation and Prison Reform Programme in Turkey
Judicial Modernisation and Penal Reform in Turkey Project aims at supporting the reforms and the efforts planned or already under implementation by Turkish authorities, on the basis of European standards shared by the European Commission and the Council of Europe. The programme is funded by the European Commission and has two components: support to the Judiciary and support to the Prison system. 1. What are the recent developments ? - Support to the Judiciary - Support to the Prison System 2. Once the programme is implemented, how do you envisage the changes to take place in Turkey ? Documents in PDF format - English version - Turkish version (available soon) Photo gallery
Background information
		On 17 September 2004 in Strasbourg, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Daryal Batibay, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey. This Memorandum concerns the programme support office of the Secretariat of the Council of Europe in Ankara, established under the Joint European Community/Council of Europe Programme "Judicial Modernisation and Penal Reform". More information on this Programme
	In April 2004 in Ankara, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe officially opened the Support Office for the “Judicial Modernisation and Prison Reform” Programme in Turkey.			The project is run by a team lead by the Head of Office, three resident experts and administrative staff.
The programme, financed by the European Commission, has two modules, one for the judicial modernisation and the other for prison reform. The first module is designed to support the development of the Justice Academy, the training for the Ministry of Justice Staff and the Institute of Forensic Medicine. The aim of the second module is fourfold : to provide technical support to the Ministry of Justice in the construction of new prisons and the rehabilitation of old ones, to assist prison staff training Schools in providing qualified training in accordance with national law and the Acquis of the European Union, to co-operate with the prison administration in applying European standards and practices in the management of prisons and treatment of inmates and to develop the training of Enforcement Judges. Français