Table of Recommendations and Practices Foreign Nationals

Foreign Nationals in Prison

In the table of recommendations and practices below, each Article of the Council of Europe Recommendation 2012 (12) on Foreign Prisoners is included. For each of these Articles, information is collected from European Prison Services giving inspiration to its members and providing practices that support the implementation of the Recommendation. The table also contains references to the practice being a national, local or regional initiative, the legal basis and budget sources.

The table can be searched by country and by Article of the Recommendation.

Countries that are not yet included are invited to submit their data and send them to secretariat@europris.org.

V. 24.1 - Foreign prisoners have the right to regular contact with their consular representatives.

Country

Estonia

Description of initiative

Foreign detainees always have the possibility to ask for contact information of their embassy from their contact person or any prison officer. Representatives of the embassy can come to prison to have a visit with the prisoner.

merike.tartu@just.ee

V. 24.2 - Foreign prisoners shall be given reasonable facilities to communicate with their consular representatives.

No Responses

V. 24.3 - Foreign prisoners who are without consular representation in the country in which they are detained have the right to regular contact and to facilities to communicate with representatives of the State which takes charge of their interests.

No Responses

V. 24.4 - Foreign prisoners who are refugees, asylum seekers or stateless have the right to communicate with representatives of the national or international authorities whose task it is to serve the interests of such prisoners.

No Responses

V. 25.1 - Prison authorities shall inform foreign prisoners about their right to request contact with their consular representatives or representatives of national or international authorities whose task it is to serve their interests.

No Responses

V. 25.2 - Prison authorities shall, subject to the prisoner’s request, inform consular representatives about their nationals held in prison.

No Responses

V. 25.3 - Prison authorities shall co operate fully with consular representatives and national or international authorities whose task is to serve the interests of foreign prisoners.