PRI has long engaged with the Council of Europe which has played a pioneering role in developing standards in the area of criminal justice and torture prevention through preventative monitoring.
- PRI attends and supports the work of the Council of Europe’s Council for Penological Co-operation (PC-CP), and its Working Group, particularly in submitting information and proposals for standards that the Council is developing (for example, the European Prison Rules revision 2020).
- PRI monitors and works with the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) that are mandated to conduct visits to places of detention on a regular basis in all member states of the Council of Europe.