The presentation will focus on the Council’s advising of the government on enforcing of sanctions in a humane and legally correct manner and in accordance with principles of proper treatment of individuals. In doing so, the Council considers the interests of detainees, the interests of victims of crime and relatives and the interests of public safety.
The Council carries out its tasks in a social environment with a growing gap between the legal task of the government to secure a humane and proper treatment, while reducing harm and facilitate re-integration on the one hand and a political climate of harsher punishing and lesser rights for prisoners on the other hand. This will be explained through several cases from the Dutch practice.
Next to focusing on the Dutch practice, the presentation will also briefly explain the role of the Council within the Dutch governmental situation and will be finalised with a call to the participants to identify their national organisations of the same kind as the Dutch Council, be it on the advisory or the jurisdiction work, or both. The Council's goal is to build up a worldwide network for mutual assisting through knowledge sharing.
For that reason, of course, a workshop will be appreciated, however, a plenary slot even more.

Enforcing humane and proper sanctions with a focus on social rehabilitation: swimming against the tide? (PID085)

Speakers

Han Moraal LLM MPA