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), migration issues, the efficiency of justice systems (with a focus on analysing judicial statistics to optimise court administrations) and/or legal co-operation (which concentrates on increasing the individual independence of judges and prosecutors and the accountability of the judicial system).

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Facilitating the prison healthcare transfer from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Health

A meeting was held in Pristina on 27-28 February to present and discuss the Assessment Report on the Provision of Health Care in Prisons in Kosovo*. A way forward was agreed to implement the consultant's key recommendations on the legal and administrative regulations on prison healthcare, as well as to support the transfer of the healthcare competencies from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Health.

Participants  included members from the Prison Health Department (PHD) of the Ministry of Health, members from the Kosovo Correctional Services (KCS) of the Ministry of Justice, one national consultant and two international consultants.

 

*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

KOSOVO 8 MARCH 2017
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Actions under theme I: Strengthening justice

*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.