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12 April 2023

Report: Taking lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic forward within closed institutions

Giving Back: Mapping report on European promising and proven practices of participatory youth practices in youth justice.

Read more about the NHC and Stichting YOPE's research on the inclusion of the youth experience in the criminal justice system.

Providing Sustainable Education in Prisons: Obstacles and Opportunities

Learn more about the importance of providing Sustainable Education in Juvenile Prisons and NHC's project in North Macedonia's Juvenile Institutions

The fight for human rights & democracy in Ukraine: Rehabilitative justice as a shared European value

Find out more about why a rehabilitative justice system is one of the cornerstones of a just, rights-respecting society & how the development of probation in Ukraine has proven to be much more than just a project.

EU COVID-19 Solidarity Programme: Reflections on advocacy and policy development

Stories of success: Alliance For Better Mental Health Georgia reflects on training followed & long-lasting impact of the EU COVID-19 Solidarity Programme.

Our Stories Matter: New project aiming to foster a child-centred approach in prison reform

Together with partners Exodus Nederland , Children of Prisoners Europe (COPE), EUROPRIS, Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen and Zaanstad Complex, the NHC is starting a new project aimed at fostering a child-centred approach to prison reform in the Netherlands and in the EU.

Providing Sustainable Education in Prisons

On this year’s International Day of Education in Prison, we shine a light on the importance of providing juveniles in conflict with the law with stable and good quality education while incarcerated.

Encouraging judicial cooperation across borders | Second Transnational J-CAP Project Meeting

The NHC met with J-CAP project partners in Amsterdam to discuss judicial cooperation across borders as key to successful offender reintegration.

Report | Covid-19 in closed institutions: National findings and implications moving forward

Following the end of the first phase of the EU COVID-19 Solidarity Programme For Eastern Partnership, the NHC has published a new report.

Best practices towards rehabilitative criminal justice in the Western Balkans

The NHC hosted a study visit on the topics of ownership & sustainability in the rehabilitation chain of detained young people in Kosovo, North Macedonia and Albania.