Description
In 2019, FRA developed its ‘Criminal Detention Database’, an online tool to assist judges and other legal practitioners in accessing information on the criminal detention conditions in the context of the existing fundamental rights standards - namely, the prohibition against torture and inhuman or degrading treatment (Article 4 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights). As such, FRA’s Criminal Detention Database 2015-2019 consists of information on selected aspects of conditions of detention in all Member States and a database of relevant case law of international courts and reports of monitoring bodies, such as the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) and National Preventive Mechanisms (NPMs).
The work done in 2021 thus aimed to collect data on Belgium to update the FRA’s current database and extend its scope.
