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

Back Court police in Bosnia and Herzegovina harmonises procedures for dealing with detainees

A group of 42 court police officers from Bosnia and Herzegovina are participating in a cascade training session to harmonise operational procedures for dealing with persons deprived of liberty on apprehension and in holding cells.

The session is taking place of 7-8 March 2019 in Teslic, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

A number of female police officers, also in attendance, discussed role of female police officers in modern times.

Selma Tutic, from the Federation of BiH Court Police, believes that women can do just as good job as their male colleagues of being a police officers. Amira Karavdic, from the Federation of BiH Court Police, carefully balances her family and professional life, so not to loose family ties due to a demanding work environment. Finally, Suzana Arsenic from the Republika Srpska Court Police, argues that more women should be recruited in police agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, to meet the European average.

All three of them wish their female colleagues among police officers a successful International Women’s Day 2019.

This activity is organised within the framework of the Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey - "Enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina", co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

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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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