- Date of creation
- Practice area
- Criminal lawFundamental rightsHuman rights
- Type of self-learning material
- E-learning
- Languages
- English
- Links to language versions
- Link
- Link to HELP course, once logged into the HELP platform
Description
This HELP course on the standards of the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) is part of a series of courses created by the European Programme for Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) of the Council of Europe (CoE) aiming to support legal professionals and to enhance their capacities to effectively and coherently apply European fundamental rights standards at the national level.
The course has been developed in cooperation with the Council of Europe Commitee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) and with the support of the Project “Strengthening the application of the European Convention on Human Rights in Georgia”, under the European Union-Council of Europe Partnership for Good Governance.
It aims at preventing ill-treatment of persons deprived of their liberty and familiarizing legal professionals with the CPT’s key standards concerning the five most important places of deprivation of liberty: police stations, prisons, immigration detention facilities, psychiatric establishments and social care homes.
The topics are explored in a practical way, by using presentations, interactive screens, knowledge tests and reflective exercises. The course consists of the following 6 substantive modules: Introduction Law enforcement Prisons and other penal institutions Immigration detention Psychiatric establishments Social care homes.
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