Ensuring justice
Work in this thematic area focuses on prisons and police (including human rights in policing, healthcare in prisons and safeguards against torture and ill-treatment), human rights standards in the judiciary (focusing on enhancing the application of case-law of the European Court of Human Rights), the efficiency of justice systems (with a focus on analysing judicial statistics to optimise court administrations) and/or legal co-operation (which concentrate on increasing the individual independence of judges and prosecutors and the accountability of the judicial system).
Actions under theme i: ensuring justice
- Strengthening the quality and efficiency of justice in Albania - Phase III
- Supporting enforcement of judicial decisions and facilitating execution of ECtHR judgments in Albania
- Enhancing the protection of human rights of prisoners in Albania
- Strengthening human rights treatment of detained persons based on European standards and best practices in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Strengthening the quality and efficiency of justice in Kosovo* - Phase II
- Accountability of the judicial system in Montenegro - Phase II
- Improved procedural safeguards in judicial proceedings in Montenegro
- Further enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro
- Strengthening independence and accountability of the judiciary in Serbia
- Strengthening the effective legal remedies to human rights violations in Serbia
- Enhancing the human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Serbia
- Supporting enhanced access to higher quality Free Legal Aid services in North Macedonia
- Enhancing the capacities of the penitentiary system and the external oversight mechanism in North Macedonia
- Supporting the implementation and reporting on the Action Plan on Human Rights in Turkey
- Judicial training institutes for Quality and Sustainability in the Western Balkans
- Initiative for legal certainty in the Western Balkans
- Enhancing penitentiary capacities in addressing radicalisation in prisons in the Western Balkans
- Towards a better evaluation of the results of judicial reform efforts in the Western Balkans
- Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) in the Western Balkans
- PACE cooperation with the parliamentary assemblies with a view to achieving legislative improvements in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Serbia
*This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence.
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