- Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in the field of Criminal Execution
- Recommendation No. 3 (87) of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe entitled “European Prison Rules”
- Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)1 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the Council of Europe Probation Rules
- Recommendation Rec(2003)22 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on conditional release (parole)
- Recommendation Rec (2000)22 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states on improving the implementation of European rules on community sanctions and measures
- Recommendation R (99) 22 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states concerning prison overcrowding and prison population inflation
- Recommendation R (99) 19 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states on mediation in criminal matters
- Recommendation No. R (97) 12 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states on personnel related to the enforcement of penalties and measures
- Recommendation R (92) 16 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states on community sanctions and measures
- Recommendation No. R (87) 20 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states on social reactions to juvenile delinquency
- Recommendation R (79) 14 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states concerning the application of the European Convention on the supervision of conditionally sentenced or conditionally released offenders
- Recommendation No. R (76) 10 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to member states on certain alternative penal measures to imprisonment
- Recommendation R (73) 24 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to Member States on Group and Community Work with Offenders
- Recommendation R (65) 1 of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to Member States on Suspension of Sentencing, Probation, Other Alternatives to Imprisonment