Strengthening human rights treatment of detained persons based on European standards and best practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Back Council of Europe continues its substantial support to prisons in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Head of the Council of Europe Office in Sarajevo, Bojana Urumova, met today with the Minister of Justice of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mato Jozić, to discuss current cooperation priorities in the field of prisons and agree on further steps.

Training of prison staff and introduction of Information Technologies were among the jointly agreed priorities, complemented by the ongoing infrastructure projects that the Ministry is undertaking in various locations in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. With its three-pronged approach of standard setting, monitoring and technical cooperation and assistance, the Council of Europe continues to stand with the Federal Ministry of Justice as a long-term partner in many strategic initiatives.

Future cooperation will be centred around two concurrent projects implemented in the field of execution of criminal sanctions, one with funding provided by the European Union and another one with funding from the United Kingdom and USAID.

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Focusing on the capacity-building of prison and law-enforcement officers, as well as forensic medical staff, the Action will further promote human rights approach to the management of persons deprived of liberty. This has also been the overall goal the Council of Europe Office in BiH. Furthermore, it will aim to ensure comprehensive treatment of persons deprived of liberty in the criminal justice system, regardless of the nature or length of their detention.

The EU/CoE Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey II and the Action launched in July 2019 will continue the positive direction of further aligning the prison and police practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina with European standards and the best practices.

The Action aims at addressing recommendations of the European Committee for the prevention of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment of punishment. Furthermore, it will provide support to the BiH authorities in introducing system of electronic exchange of prison-related data.

The Action will deal with these specific issues as envisaged in the four components:

Component I: improving human rights compliance of law enforcement agencies;

Component II: enhancing treatment of prisoners through the application of case management system;

Component III: strengthening treatment of forensic patients through application of specialised treatment programmes; and

Component IV: agreeing protocols for exchanging prisoner data in electronic form.

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