Recommendation CM/Rec (2017) 3 on the European Rules on community sanctions and measures

Abstract

The expression “community sanctions and measures” means sanctions and measures which maintain suspects or offenders in the community and involve some restrictions on their liberty through the imposition of conditions and/or obligations. The term designates any sanction imposed by a judicial or administrative authority, and any measure taken before or instead of a decision on a sanction, as well as ways of enforcing a sentence of imprisonment outside a prison establishment.