Further Support to the penitentiary reform in Azerbaijan

This 24-month project is co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the main project partners, namely the Penitentiary Service and the Main Medical Department of the Ministry of Justice of Azerbaijan and other national stakeholders interested in penitentiary reform.

With this Joint Project the Council of Europe will assist the Azerbaijani authorities in the process of enhancing human rights protection of sentenced persons in Azerbaijan in line with the Council of Europe standards, in particular those of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT).

The JP SPERA-2 focuses on three areas:

effective prison management,
the provision of healthcare in prisons and
the reintegration of prisoners in line with European standards and best practices. This component involves the participation of civil society actors.

The JP SPERA-2 has an overall project budget of EUR 773 940 co-funded by the European Union and the Council of Europe and implemented by the Council of Europe.

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Back Dynamic Security practices introduced in the Azerbaijani prisons

@ Council of Europe

On 18- 19 and 21-22 January 2021, two online coaching sessions on Dynamic Security were organised for managers of high (No. 1) and general security (Nos. 4 and 16) regime prisons in Azerbaijan.

The participants improved their professional competency and skills in theoretical and practical aspects of Dynamic Security such as the advantages of implementing dynamic security in prison, its added value in enhancing the security beyond strict application of prison rules and regulations, a model of positive relations between personnel and convicts and pro-social modelling, decision making; etc. The theoretical part was followed by case studies, preparation of professional activity worksheets and the Dynamic Security Action plan.

This activity was organised by the EU and Council of Europe Joint Project “Support to the Penitentiary Reform in Azerbaijan” (SPERA 2), which is designed to promote effective prison management, health care in prisons and assist the reintegration of ex-offenders.

Azerbaijan 26 January 2021