Launch of Website on Mutual Recognition of Probation Decisions across the EU (February 2012)
In 2009 the Belgian Ministry of Justice launched an EU project on the implementation of the 2008/947/JHA Council Framework Decision of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgement and probation decisions with a view to the supervision of probation measures and alternative sanctions.
This project was co-financed by the European Commission and realised with the partnership of France , Germany , Hungary , Luxembourg , Slovakia , Spain , United Kingdom and the European Organisation for Probation (‘CEP’). It aimed at facilitating the effective implementation of the Framework Decision by networking legislative experts and practitioners, identifying the main difficulties linked to the implementation of this instrument and disseminating information on national probation systems.
One of the results of this project consists in the setting-up of a website offering an overview of the legal systems with regard to probation measures and alternative sanctions in each Member State and explaining the main steps and objectives underpinning the EU project.
We are pleased to announce that this website is online from today at the following address: www.euprobationproject.eu
