Recommendations elaborated under the authority of the CDPC
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2026)5 on education in prison
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2026)2 on accountability for technology-facilitated violence against women and girls
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2025)2 regarding the promotion of the mental health of prisoners and probationers and the management of their mental disorders
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)5 regarding the ethical and organisational aspects of the use of artificial intelligence and related digital technologies by prison and probation services
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2024)4 on combating hate crime
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2023)2 on rights, services and support for victims of crime
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)9 on the protection of witnesses and collaborators of justice
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)8 concerning restorative justice in criminal matters
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)3 concerning dangerous offenders
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)4 concerning electronic monitoring (commentary)
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)12 concerning foreign prisoners
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2012)5 on the European Code of Ethics for Prison Staff
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)1 on the Council of Europe Probation Rules
- Recommendation Rec(2008)11 on the European Rules for juvenile offenders subject to sanctions or measures
- Recommendation Rec(2006)13 on remand in custody, the conditions in which it takes place and the provision of safeguards against abuse
- Recommendation Rec(2006)8 on assistance to crime victims
- Recommendation Rec(2006)2 on the European Prison Rules (commentary)
- Recommendation Rec(2003)23 on the management by prison administrations of life sentence and other long-term prisoners (report)
- Recommendation Rec(2003)22 on conditional release (parole) (explanatory memorandum)
- Recommendation Rec. R (2003) 21 on partnership in crime prevention
- Recommendation Rec(2003)20 on new ways of dealing with juvenile delinquency and the role of juvenile justice
- Recommendation Rec(2003)4 on common rules against corruption in the funding of political parties and electoral campaigns
- Recommendation Rec(2001)16 on the protection of children against sexual exploitation
- Recommendation Rec(2001)11 concerning guiding principles on the fight against organised crime
- Recommendation Rec(2001)10 on the European Code of Police Ethics
- Recommenadation Rec (2001) 8 on self-regulation concerning cyber content (self-regulation and user protection against illegal or harmful content on new communications and information services)
- Recommendation Rec (2000) 22 on improving the implementation of the European Rules on community sanctions and measures
- Recommendation Rec(2000)20 on the role of early psychosocial intervention in the prevention of criminality
- Recommendation Rec (2000) 19 on the role of public prosecution in the criminal justice system
- Recommendation Rec. R (2000) 11 on action against trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation
- Recommendation Rec. R (2000) 10 on codes of conduct for public officials, and Model Code of conduct for public officials
- Recommendation Rec. R (99) 22 concerning prison overcrowding and prison population inflation
- Recommendation Rec. R (99) 20 concerning the friendly settlement of any difficulty that may arise out of the application of the Council of Europe conventions in the penal field
- Recommendation Rec. R (99) 19 concerning mediation in penal matters
- Recommendation Rec. R (98) 7 concerning the ethical and organisational aspects of health care in prison
- Resolution (97) 24 on the twenty Guiding Principles for the fight against corruption
- Recommendation Rec. R (97) 13 concerning intimidation of witnesses and the rights of the defence
- Recommendation Rec. R (97) 12 on staff concerned with the implementation of sanctions and measures
- Recommendation Rec. R (96) 9 concerning the practical application of the European Convention on Extradition
- Recommendation Rec. R (96) 8 concerning crime policy in Europe in a time of change
- Recommendation Rec. R (95) 13 concerning problems of criminal procedural law connected with information technology
- Recommendation Rec. R (95) 12 on the management of criminal justice
- Recommendation Rec. R (93) 6 concerning prison and criminological aspects of the control of transmissible diseases including aids and related health problems in prison
- Recommendation Rec. R (92) 19 on video games with a racist content
- Recommendation Rec. R (92) 18 concerning the practical application of the Convention on the transfer of sentenced persons
- Recommendation Rec. R (92) 17 concerning consistency in sentencing
- Recommendation Rec. R (92) 16 on the European Rules on community sanctions and measures
- Recommendation Rec. R (92) 1 on the use of analysis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) within the framework of the criminal justice system
- Recommendation Rec. R (91) 12 concerning the setting up and functioning of arbitral tribunals under article 42, paragraph 2, of the Convention of 8 November 1990 on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime
- Recommendation Rec. R (91) 11 concerning sexual exploitation, pornography and prostitution of, and trafficking in, children and young adults
- Recommendation Rec. R (91) 1 on administrative sanctions
- Recommendation Rec. R (89) 12 on education in prison
- Recommendation Rec. R (89) 9 on computer-related crime
- Recommendation Rec. R (88) 18 concerning liability of enterprises having legal personality for offences committed in the exercise of their activities
- Recommendation Rec. R (88) 13 concerning the practical application of the Convention on the transfer of sentenced persons
- Recommendation Rec. R (88) 6 on social reactions to juvenile delinquency among young people coming from migrant families
- Recommendation Rec. R (87) 21 on assistance to victims and the prevention of victimisation
- Recommendation Rec. R (87) 20 on social reactions to juvenile delinquency
- Recommendation Rec. R (87) 19 on the organisation of crime prevention
- Recommendation Rec. R (87) 18 concerning the simplification of criminal justice
- Recommendation Rec. R (87) 15 on regulating the use of personal data in the police sector
- Recommendation Rec. R (87) 3 on the European prison Rules
- Recommendation Rec. R (87) 1 relating to European inter-state cooperation in the penal field
- Recommendation Rec. R (86) 13 on the practical application of the European Convention on Extradition in respect of detention pending extradition
- Recommendation Rec. R (85) 11 on the victim's position in the framework of criminal law and procedure
- Recommendation Rec. R (85) 10 concerning letters rogatory for the interception of telecommunications
- Recommendation Rec. R (85) 4 on violence in the family
- Recommendation Rec. R (84) 23 on the harmonisation of national legislations relating to firearms
- Recommendation Rec. R (84) 12 concerning foreign prisoners
- Recommendation Rec. R (84) 11 concerning information about the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons
- Recommendation Rec. R (84) 10 on the criminal record and the rehabilitation of convicted persons
- Recommendation Rec. R (83) 12 concerning safe conduct for witnesses in application of Article 12.1 of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
- Recommendation Rec. R (83) 7 on participation of the public in crime policy
- Recommendation Rec. R (82) 17 on the custody and treatment of dangerous prisoners
- Recommendation Rec. R (82) 16 on prison leave
- Recommendation Rec. R (82) 15 on the role of criminal law in consumer protection
- Recommendation Rec. R (82) 14 on measure to be taken in cases of kidnapping followed by a ransom demand
- Recommendation Rec. R (82) 1 concerning international co-operation in the prosecution and punishment of acts of terrorism
- Recommendation Rec. R (81) 12 on economic crime
- Recommendation Rec. R (80) 11 concerning custody pending trial
- Recommendation Rec. R (80) 10 on measures against the transfer and the safe-keeping of funds of criminal origin
- Recommendation Rec. R (80) 9 concerning extradition to States not party to the European Convention on Human Rights
- Recommendation Rec. R (80) 8 concerning the practical application of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
- Recommendation Rec. R (80) 7 concerning the practical application of the European Convention on Extradition
- Recommendation Rec. R (79) 15 concerning the application of the European Convention on the Punishment of Road Traffic Offences
- Recommendation Rec. R (79) 14 concerning the application of the European Convention on the Supervision of Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released Offenders
- Recommendation Rec. R (79) 13 concerning the application of the European Convention on the International Validity of Criminal Judgments
- Recommendation Rec. R (79) 12 concerning the application of the European Convention on the Transfer of Proceedings in Criminal Matters
- Resolution (78) 62 on juvenile delinquency and social change
- Resolution (78) 43 on reservations made to certain provisions of the European Convention on Extradition
- Resolution (78) 42 on the prevention of the unauthorised use of a motor vehicle
- Resolution (77) 36 on the practical application of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
- Resolution (77) 29 on hit-and-run offences
- Resolution (77) 28 on the contribution of criminal law to the protection of the environment
- Resolution (77) 27 on the compensation of victims of crime
- Resolution (76) 38 on research on drug abuse
- Resolution (76) 10 on certain alternative penal measures to imprisonment
- Resolution (76) 2 on the treatment of long-term prisoners
- Resolution (75) 25 on prison labour
- Resolution (75) 24 on the punishment of manslaughter and accidental injury on the road
- Resolution (75) 12 on the practical application of the European Convention on Extradition
- Resolution (75) 11 on the criteria governing proceedings held in the absence of the accused
- Resolution (75) 3 on the legal and administrative aspects of criminality among migrant workers
- Resolution (74) 3 on international terrorism
- Resolution (73) 25 on methods of forecasting trends in criminality
- Resolution (73) 24 on group and community work with the offenders
- Resolution (73) 17 on short-term treatment of adult offenders
- Resolution (73) 7 on punishment of road traffic offences committed whilst driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol
- Resolution (73) 6 on penal aspects of drug abuse
- Resolution (73) 5 on the standard minimum Rules for the treatment of prisoners
- Resolution (71) 43 on the practical application of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
- Resolution (71) 28 on the deprivation of the right to drive a motor vehicle
- Resolution (70) 51 on the protection of members of diplomatic missions and consular posts
- Resolution (70) 23 on air piracy
- Resolution (70) 13 on hidden criminality
- Resolution (70) 1 on the practical organisation of measures for the supervision and after-care of conditionally sentenced or conditionally released offenders
- Resolution (69) 6 on the cinema and the protection of youth
- Resolution (68) 30 on measures to be taken against incitement to racial, national and religious hatred
- Resolution (68) 25 on the setting up of a simplified procedure relating to minor road traffic offences
- Resolution (68) 24 on the status, selection and training of governing grades of staff of penal establishments
- Resolution (67) 13 on the press and the protection of youth
- Resolution (67) 5 on research on prisoners considered from the individual angle and on the prison community
- Resolution (66) 26 on status, recruitment and training of prison staff
- Resolution (66) 25 on the short-term treatment of young offenders of less than 21 years
- Resolution (66) 18 on collaboration in criminological research
- Resolution (65) 11 on remand in custody
- Resolution (65) 1 on suspended sentence, probation and other alternatives to imprisonment
- Resolution (62) 2 on electoral, civil and social rights of prisoners
Promoting the Rule of Law and European standards in the field of Criminal and Penitentiary Law
Key information and documentation
The Nicosia Convention in 10 questions and answers
Studies in criminological research
