Conference of the Police Network on police databases and data protection - Cooperation in police and deprivation of liberty

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Marina ACHA

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The Council of Europe’s Police Network hosted its annual conference on 19-21 March 2024 in Strasbourg (France).

This event was dedicated to “Police data processing - How to harmonize police efficiency with data protection and Human Rights”. It brought together high-ranking representatives of Ministries of Interior and national police services, academia, IPCAN (Independent Police Complaints Authorities’ Network), and CESP (the European Council of Police Trade Unions), representatives of INTERPOL and the European Commission.

Police data processing, police information system, analysis tools and data protection are at the core of police work today, and thus the objectives of the conference were:

to learn and exchange best practices on the implementation of the Council of Europe standards affecting the police and data protection
to explore the state of play and future developments concerning information sharing and analysis mechanisms in Europe
to understand better the link between police data processing and human rights in democratic societies
to emphasise importance of the Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (Convention 108)
to learn more about data protection from supervising bodies existing in Council of Europe member states and at the European level
to disseminate the ECtHR case law regarding police data processing and human rights
to get familiar with the Council of Europe work on a convention on Artificial Intelligence

The conference was organised within the German Chairmanship for the police Network.

A new Chair was elected during the conference.

Strasbourg, France 19-21 March 2024

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Through bilateral co-operation activities and projects, the Division for Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty plays a major role in assisting the beneficiary countries to integrate the Council of Europe standards in their penitentiary, probation and law enforcement institutions. The work related to prisons, probation and the police is an integral part of the overall work of the Council of Europe related to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, the three pillars of the raison d’être of the Organisation, in accordance with its Statute. The main objective is to help the Member States improve their legislation and practice related to the work of the police as well the execution of penal sanctions and measures.

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