Bilateral cooperation activities
2025 Police Network Conference: Tackling Femicides and Violence Against Women requires Law Enforcement Action
For the third consecutive year, the Council of Europe Police Network met in Strasbourg. The 2025 conference titled "From Standards to Action: The Role of Law Enforcement in Preventing Femicides and Violence Against Women» brought together law enforcement officials and international experts to...
Call for candidates for a secondment in the field of Police
The Co-operation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division is looking for a candidate elligible for a secondment to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France). Job: Programme Manager in the field of Police Deadline for applying; 7 April 2025 For more information and for sending your...
The Council of Europe supports the authorities of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in advancing the legal framework on the execution of criminal sanctions
In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), the Council of Europe (CoE) is playing a vital role in enhancing the legal framework regarding the execution of criminal sanctions. Through various initiatives, the CoE is working alongside FBiH authorities to ensure that the domestic...
Call for candidates for a secondment in the field of Police
The Council of Europe is launching a call for candidates for secondment in the field of Police. Would you be interested in joining the Co-operation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division as a Programme Manager on Police matters, please check the announcement published on the Council of...
Solitary confinement in prisons and its alternatives: a human rights perspective
Solitary confinement of prisoners is still widely used in many countries in Europe and around the world, although many studies suggest that it is often extremely damaging for prisoners’ physical and mental health and not conducive to their resocialisation. So how to mitigate this damage, and what...
Annual Conference of the Council of Europe Police Network
The Council of Europe Police Network hosted its annual conference on police data processing, data protection and human rights in Strasbourg from 19 to 21 March 2024. The conference gathered 65 participants, among which 30 represented member states of the Network. In addition, observers to the...
Conference of the Police Network on police databases and data protection
The Council of Europe’s Police Network hosted its annual conference on 19-21 March 2024 in Strasbourg (France). This event was dedicated to “Police data processing - How to harmonize police efficiency with data protection and Human Rights”. It brought together high-ranking representatives of...
Call for candidates for a secondment in the field of Police
The Co-operation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division is looking for a candidate elligible for a secondment to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France). Job: Programme Manager in the field of Police Deadline for applying; 15 March 2024 For more information and for sending your...
Execution of criminal sanctions: refocus from punitive to rehabilitative approach
On 28 and 29 November, the Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division held a multilateral meeting for prison and probation practitioners from the Council of Europe member states, that - traditionally - provided a forum for discussion and exchange of experience on a topic of broad...
Recruitment, Training and Professional Development of Prison and Probation Staff
On 4 and 5 April, the Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Division held a multilateral meeting for prison and probation practitioners from member States providing a forum for discussion and exchange of experiences in embedding Council of Europe standards in the current national...
Community service re-enacted in the Greek penitentiary system
Council of Europe through its Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Unit stands by member States to improve protection of human rights within their penitentiary systems, and supports strengthening the probation services, thus making steps towards moving from the punitive approach...
HIGH JUDICIAL AND PROSECUTORIAL COUNCIL ENDORSES PLATFORM TO ENHANCE SECURITY OF JUDICIAL OFFICIALS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina endorsed the Platform to enhance safety and security of judicial office holders at its session held on 10 November 2022 in Sarajevo. This comprehensive document, developed over the past 12 months, sets out the current safety and...
MULTILATERAL MEETING ON THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN PRISON AND ITS IMPACT ON PRISON REFORM PRIORITIES
On 3 and 4 November, the Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty Unit held a multilateral meeting in Strasbourg to present and discuss the findings of a research conducted in 2021 in six Council of Europe member states – Albania, Armenia, Georgia, Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal –...
European Prison Rules
