Enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Action, in general, aims to address important prison and police issues, especially the ones recorded in the CPT reports. Furthermore, it will provide support to the BiH authorities in ensuring compliance with the Council of Europe standards as necessary and assist them in advancing further towards the process of stabilisation and European integration. Specifically, the Action directly aspires to strengthen the capacities of staff to deal with persons deprived of liberty without infringing their human rights, design and provide meaningful activities for persons deprived of liberty, ensure that access to primary health care in prisons is equal to that provided in the community and support the treatment of mentally incapacitated offenders based on human rights standards.

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Back Training of police officers in Bosnia and Herzegovina continues while prisons welcome information technologies

Training of police officers to deal with persons deprived of liberty while observing their human rights received a new boost at the Steering Committee meeting of the joint EU/Council of Europe Action in Bosnia and Herzegovina. At the same time, prisons are expected to host expert assessment visit to assess the need for introduction of information technologies in daily management of prisoners.

Steering Committee of the Horizontal Facility for Western Balkans and Turkey Action in BiH ˝Enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons˝ also discussed on 18 June 2018 in Sarajevo the impact of the training material produced within the scope of this Action in increasing knowledge and skills of prison staff to provide treatment and health care to detainees and prisoners in line with European standards.

Sarajevo 18 June