Recommendation 2147 (2019)

Protecting human rights during transfers of prisoners

Author(s): Parliamentary Assembly

Origin - Text adopted by the Standing Committee, acting on behalf of the Assembly, on 1 March 2019 (see Doc. 14828, report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, rapporteur: Mr Emanuel Mallia).

1. The Parliamentary Assembly recalls its Resolution 2266 (2019) on protecting human rights during transfers of prisoners.

2. The Assembly invites the Committee of Ministers to take concrete steps to enhance the protection of human rights during transfers of prisoners, in particular by including appropriately detailed provisions in its work on revising the European Prison Rules.