Council of Europe Adopts Recommendation on Foreign Prisoners

At the 1152nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on October 10, 2012, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (CoE) adopted Recommendation CM/Rec (2012)12, concerning foreign prisoners.[2]  Both the rules and the commentary thereto have been prepared by the Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP).[3] It should be noted that the Recommendation is a non-binding document for member states.