10 Contacts with other bodies 21. The CPT has maintained its efforts to promote synergy with other bodies, both within and outside the Council of Europe. At its March 2008 plenary session, the CPT met with representatives of the European Court of Human Rights (including the Court’s President, JeanPaul Costa) to exchange views on three specific subjects : prisoners subjected to prolonged isolation; “actual” life sentences; and the use of “diplomatic assurances” in the context of deportation procedures. The CPT’s Secretariat is in regular contact with the Office of the Council of Europe’s Commissioner of Human Rights on matters of mutual concern, and Commissioner Hammarberg met members of the CPT’s Bureau on 29 January 2008. Efforts have also continued in order to reinforce relations between the CPT and other monitoring bodies operating within the framework of the Directorate General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs; for this purpose, the CPT’s President attended a meeting of the Heads of all the bodies concerned organised in Strasbourg on 24 June 2008. In addition, the CPT has continued to contribute to the work of Council of Europe committees of experts, most recently in relation to the development of a mental health reference tool, draft guidelines on accelerated asylum procedures, and draft European Rules for juvenile offenders. CPT: 18TH GENERAL REPORT 22. As regards bodies outside the Council of Europe, the CPT has continued to put a premium on consolidating its relations with the United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT). There have been frequent contacts between the CPT’s Bureau and the SPT’s Chairperson on questions of mutual interest. Further, the Secretary of the SPT recently held detailed practical discussions over two days with members of the CPT’s Secretariat in Strasbourg. Reference should also be made to an exchange of views held by the CPT, at its November 2007 plenary session, with Martin Scheinin, UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism. The CPT plans in the coming months to step up its contacts with relevant institutions of the European Union. The Committee believes that there is considerable scope for developing synergy with such institutions, in particular (but not exclusively) in relation to the implementation of recommendations made by the CPT after country visits. Comments on the draft European Rules for juvenile offenders 23. The CPT is particularly grateful for having been given the opportunity to make comments on the draft European Rules for juvenile offenders subject to sanctions or measures, first at the level of the Council of Penological Co-operation and subsequently when the draft Rules were considered by the European Committee on Crime Problems. There is on the whole a high degree of consonance between the latest version of the draft Rules and the standards developed by the CPT in relation to juvenile offenders. The Committee also appreciates the frequent references to its standards in the Commentary to the draft Rules. Nevertheless, the CPT would like to highlight a few points about which it has some concern.