Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty - Council of Europe

The Cooperation in Police and Deprivation of Liberty (CPDL) Unit, (formally Criminal Law Cooperation Unit) assists member States to integrate Council of Europe standards into the national legislation and practice, and to address recommendations coming from the Council of Europe monitoring bodies, the most notably from the European Court of Human Rights and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, but also from the Human Rights Commissioner, and the Parliamentary Assembly.

CPDL implements numerous projects in the field of police, probation, prisons, and other closed institutions where people were held deprived of their liberty.

CPDL works directly with the national authorities and international organisations to identify the most prominent needs and to address it, and to bring a change to the beneficiaries through appropriate technical assistance.

Since 2007, with an average of 16 projects per year, financed mainly by the European Union, but also through voluntary contributions from member States directly towards specific project or towards Actions Plans for specific member State, were implemented by the CPDL. Currently CPDL is responsible for coordinating 18 projects in 13 countries.