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Council of Europe
Basic human rights
Transfer of sentenced persons
Treatment of prisoners
Torture and inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment
Alternatives to imprisonment and prison leave
Life sentence

Council of Europe

Statute of the Council of Europe (pdf, 296 kB)

Basic human rights

European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) (pdf, 1,2 MB)

Transfer of sentenced persons

Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (pdf, 211 kB)

Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (pdf, 28 kB)

Recommendation Concerning the Practical Application of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (1988) (pdf, 243 kB)

Recommendation Concerning the Practical Application of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (1992) (pdf, 394 kB)

Treatment of prisoners

Resolution on Electoral, Civil and Social Rights of Prisoners (pdf, 325 kB)

Resolution on Research on Prisoners Considered from the Individual Angle and on the Prison Community (pdf, 183 kB)

Recommendation on the Custody and Treatment of Dangerous Prisoners (pdf, 132 kB)

Recommendation on a Co-ordinated European Health Policy to Prevent the Spread of Aids in Prisons (pdf, 142 kB)

Recommendation on Education in Prison (pdf, 122 kB)

Recommendation Concerning the Ethical and Organisational Aspects of Health Care in Prison (pdf, 1,1 MB)

Recommendation Concerning Prison Overcrowding and Prison Population Inflation (pdf, 144 kB)

Recommendation Concerning Prison and Criminological Aspects of the Control of Transmissible Diseases Including Aids and Related Health Problems in Prison (pdf, 706 kB)

Recommendation on the Use of Remand in Custody, the Conditions in Which it Takes Place and the Provision of Safeguards Against Abuse (pdf, 148 kB)

Recommendation on the European Prison Rules (pdf, 80 kB)

Recommendation on the European Rules for Juvenile Offenders Subject to Sanctions or Measures (pdf, 97 kB)

Recommendation Concerning Foreign Prisoners (pdf, 153 kB)

Recommendation on the European Code of Ethics for Prison Staff (pdf, 129 kB)

Recommendation on Staff Concerned with the Implementation of Sanctions and Measures (pdf, 1,4 MB)

Torture and inhuman or degrading treatment of punishment

European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment of Punishment (pdf, 335 kB)

Alternatives to imprisonment and prison leave

European Convention on the Supervision of Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released Offenders (pdf, 51 kB)

Resolution on the Practical Organisation of Measures for the Supervision and After-Care of Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released Offenders (pdf, 462 kB)

Recommendation concerning the Application of the European Convention on the Supervision of Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released Offenders (pdf, 167 kB)

Recommendation on Prison Leave (pdf, 170 kB)

Recommendation on the European Rules on Community Sanctions and Measures (pdf, 1,6 MB)

Recommendation Concerning Mediation in Penal Matters (pdf, 87 kB)

Recommendation on Improving the Implementation of the European Rules on Community Sanctions and Measures (pdf, 206 kB)

Recommendation Concerning Conditional Release (Parole) (pdf, 29 kB)

Recommendation on the Council of Europe Probation Rules (pdf, 70 kB)

Life sentence

Recommendation on the Management of Life-Sentence and Other Long-Term Prisoners (pdf, 32 kB)