Advancing Juvenile Justice and Detention Conditions in Europe (2025-2028)

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee is working to advance juvenile justice and detention conditions through an international partnership. The organization participates as a partner in the project EPO4YOUTH led by Antigone (Italy), established under the Erasmus+ KA220-YOU Youth Cooperation Partnership scheme.

This crucial 30-month initiative is dedicated to addressing the critical and often underexplored area of detention conditions for young people across Europe. Our core objective is to enhance the effectiveness of the European Prison Observatory (EPO) network in protecting the rights of young detainees.

Key Project Goals

• Strengthen Collaboration among EPO members for better monitoring of juvenile detention.
• Establish a European Open-Source Data Hub to consolidate research and best practices for evidence-based policymaking.
• Advocate for Civil Society Involvement in detention monitoring and promote inclusive practices.

Project partners

The ten partners from nine countries bring in their extraordinary expertise on human rights and criminal justice:

• Antigone (Italy)

• Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria)

• Europamente ETS (Italy)

• Fachhochschule Dortmund – University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

• Greek Society for the Study of Crime and Social Control (Greece)

• Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights (Poland)

• Hungarian Helsinki Committee (Hungary)

• Latvian Centre for Human Rights (Latvia)

• National Association for the Development of the Social Economy (Portugal)

• Romanian Helsinki Committee – APADOR-CH (Romania)

Follow the EPO’s website and its LinkedIn page for updates on our progress as we work towards a more humane and rights-based juvenile justice system across the continent!