Acronyms CAT (UN) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention against Torture) CEP Confederation of European Probation CJEU Court of Justice of the European Union COPEN Coopération en matière pénale; Working Party on Criminal Matters (Council of the EU) CPT European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment CRC (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child CRPD (UN) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CSES Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services EAW European Arrest Warrant ECHR European Convention on Human Rights ECtHR European Court of Human Rights ESO European Supervision Order EPIS European Prison Information System EU European Union EuroPris European Organisation of Prison and Correctional Services FRA European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights GDP Gross Domestic Product GYDPs Garda Youth Diversion Projects HEUNI European Institute for Criminal Prevention and Control ICPS International Centre for Prison Studies IRCP Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy (Ghent University) ISTEP Implementation Support for the Transfer of European Probation Sentences LGBTI Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons NHRI National Human Rights Institution NPM National Preventive Mechanism NOMS National Offender Management Service OPCAT Optional Protocol to the (UN) Convention against Torture 7

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