A multi-agency team of law enforcement trainers in Bosnia and Herzegovina is further improving their training skills to deliver human-rights based programme for dealing with persons deprived of liberty in closed environment. The activity is being carried out in the framework of the Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina, held on 13-14 February in Bihac. 

The core team of prison staff trainers is mentoring their colleagues from all 10 police agencies in BiH over the six-months intensive trainers' programme aimed at ''Enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons'', under the auspices of both partners in the implementation of this Action, European Union and Council of Europe. 

''We all have the feeling of this being one of these unique moments when we are given an opportunity to influence the future'', says Vildana Dolamic, Expert Associate in the Cabinet of the Head of the Service for Foreigner Affairs. 

This training initiative is reaching its completion date in April 2018, when a group of police staff trainers will be accredited to deliver peer training across the law enforcement sector. This is part of an internal accreditation scheme to share the original competence to deliver human - rights based training to custodial staff, originally entrusted to the core prison staff training team supported through a series Council of Europe -implemented projects to date.