Strasbourg: Improving Conditions Related to Detention
Strasbourg: Improving Conditions Related to Detention
ERA Seminar co-founded by European Commission on the Council of Europe and International Bodies' Work in Improving Detention ‘s Conditions, 14 -15 November. Agora Building, Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France).
Reimbursement for travel costs and accomodation.
Objective
This second seminar in a series co-funded by the European Commission will focus on the work of the Council of Europe and international bodies in improving conditions related to detention.
Key topics
Work of the Council of Europe and its European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) in the field of detentionThe Council of Europe’s legal body of recommendations, conventions and resolutions, in particular the European Prison Rules
UN Optional Protocol against Torture (OPCAT) and national preventative mechanisms
Alternatives to imprisonment, actions on improving detention conditions and improving prison monitoring coordination among key actors.
Who should attend?
Judges, prosecutors, lawyers in private practice, ministry officials and officials from prison administrations, the probation system and prison monitoring bodies.
Registration fee: 165 euro. Travel costs and accomodation for two nights will be reimbursed by ERA.
Info: Academy of European Law Trier (Germany)
For further information: Karin Pietrowski, E-mail: kpietrowski@era.int; Tel. +49 (0)651 937 37 323; Fax. +49 (0)651 937 37 773; Online registration: www.era.int