Strengthening 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), 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).
                Actions under theme I: Strengthening justice
            
        - Strengthening the quality and efficiency of justice in Albania (SEJ IV)
 - Improving the protection of the right to property and facilitating execution of ECtHR judgments in Albania (D-REX III)
 - Enhancing the protection of human rights of prisoners in Albania
 - Strengthening the efficiency and quality of justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiHSEJ)
 - Further strengthening the treatment of detained and sentenced persons in line with European standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina
 - Strengthening the quality and efficiency of justice in Kosovo* (KoSEJ III)
 - Strengthening accountability of the judicial system and enhancing protection of victims' rights in Montenegro
 - Enhancing human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Montenegro
 - Towards a consolidated and more efficient Free Legal Aid (FLA) system in North Macedonia
 - Strengthening the capacities of the penitentiary system in North Macedonia
 - Strengthening human rights protection in Serbia
 - Enhancing the human rights protection for detained and sentenced persons in Serbia
 - Strengthening the human rights protection in the context of migration in Türkiye
 - Towards a better evaluation of the results of judicial reform efforts in the Western Balkans – Phase II “Dashboard Western Balkans II”
 - Enhancing co-operation in the Western Balkans in managing violent extremism in prisons and preventing further radicalisation after release
 
*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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