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Criminal detention in the EU – Conditions and monitoring

Justice, victims’ rights and judicial cooperation
The project aims to create a one-stop-shop for judges and other practitioners when transferring individuals using the European Arrest Warrant.
Project Status
Findings available
Project start date
1
May
2017
Leaflet / Flyer
16
January
2020

Right to information for authorities taking fingerprints for EURODAC

This leaflet
assists officers and authorities to inform asylum applicants and migrants in an understandable and accessible way about the processing of their fingerprints
in Eurodac.

What?

The project will develop an online one-stop-shop for judges and other practitioners when transferring individuals using the European Arrest Warrant to assess the compatibility of criminal detention conditions with fundamental rights.

Why?

Following the Agency’s 2016 study relating to the Framework Decisions on mutual recognition, the European Commission requested the Agency to look at conditions of detention. It is looking for suggestions on how the findings of existing monitoring mechanisms and promising practices could be made best use of in the EU. Currently there is no database that collates all of this information in one place.

How?

This project will use desk research across all Member States. Data will be collected on the national standards of detention in each Member State. This will be added to an online database available via the FRA website.

The online tool will consist of (1) a comparative table comparing the basic conditions of detention in all Member States against international standards set by various bodies; (2) a practitioners guide (in the form of a checklist or flow chart) to assist judges with the execute European Arrest Warrant in line with jurisprudence from the EU’s Court of Justice; and (3) a database of relevant jurisprudence and reports by relevant bodies.

 

See also

Criminal detention and alternatives: fundamental rights aspects in EU cross-border transfers

10
November
2016
EU Member States have largely implemented, and started applying, three instruments on transferring prison sentences, probation measures and alternative sanctions, as well as pre-trial supervision measures, to other Member States. This report provides an overview of their first experiences with these measures, highlighting both best practices and shortcomings.