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Paris Peace Forum: Council of Europe presents MEDICRIME Convention
MEDICRIME Convention
10 November 2020
Strasbourg
The Council of Europe MEDICRIME Convention will be presented at the Paris Peace Forum which takes place online from 11 to 13 November. The main message to the Forum is that countries worldwide should take action using the only binding international instrument in this field to combat the...
Mid-term impact of Covid-19 on European prison populations: new study
Council of Europe
10 November 2020
Strasbourg
Following the overall decrease of European prisons populations during the period of the lockdowns in spring, during the summer the incarceration rate remained stable in most European countries but started to grow in several prison administrations, according to a new study by the University of...