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

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The training teams formed of law enforcement and prison professionals held an online coordination meeting with the project team on 25 June 2020 to design manual for interagency cooperation in the treatment and resocialisation of forensic patients in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The purpose of this manual is to complement the existing good practices and institutional training programs with recommendations from the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).

These activities are organised within the framework of the Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey II – “’Strengthening human rights treatment of detained persons based on European standards and best practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina “, co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe. All project activities are currently taking place in electronic form.

25 June 2020

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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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