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Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on the death penalty
[02/05/2012] In
a declaration adopted today, the Committee of Ministers calls on all countries
which still apply the death penalty, including those holding observer status
with the Council of Europe, to immediately apply a moratorium on executions as a
first step towards abolition.
Declaration
Declaration
of the Chairman of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on the
Sejdic & Finci case
[25/04/2012] The Chairman
of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, and the United Kingdom
Minister of Foreign Affairs, William Hague, published today the following
statement:
Statement
More
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Bosnia
and Herzegovina and the Council of Europe
Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers
UK Europe Minister Lidington urges continued cooperation on Court reform following Brighton conference
[23/04/2012] Governments must work together in a spirit of cooperation to ensure that the package agreed at the Brighton Conference for reform of the Court of Human Rights is brought into the European Convention of Human Rights by 2013, UK Europe Minister David Lidington told the Parliamentary Assembly today.
He also welcomed progress on other UK chairmanship priorities - promoting LGBT rights, the rule of law and regional and local democracy.
Speech
Video of the speech
Communication on the activities of the Committee of Ministers
Brighton Conference: Final Declaration
[20/04/2012] Ministers and senior representatives from the Council of Europe's 47 member countries gathered in Brighton from 18 to 20 April to discuss possible reforms to the European Court of Human Rights.
UK Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor, The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP, formally opened the conference, followed by the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Thorbjørn Jagland, the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Jean-Claude Mignon, and the President of the European Court of Human Rights, Sir Nicolas Bratza.
Brighton
declaration on the future of the European Court of Human Rights
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Execution of Strasbourg Court judgments: considerable progress but concern
about major structural problems
[12/04/2012] In 2011 the number of
Strasbourg Court judgments found by the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers
to have been fully executed by member states grew by almost 80% compared to 2010
(up to 816). Whilst the number of new cases remained high (1, 606), for the
first time in ten years it decreased (by 6 %). The number of repetitive cases
decreased by even more.
The number of old cases still not fully executed after
more than five years continued to grow (by 48 % from 2010 to 2011), and is a
special source of concern. Most of these cases concern important structural
problems.
These are some of the main conclusions of the Committee of Ministers'
annual report on its supervision of the execution of the judgments and decisions
of the European Court of Human Rights, which was published today.
Meeting of the Ministers' Deputies (4 April 2012)
[04/04/2012] At their
1139th meeting on 4 April 2012, the Ministers Deputies adopted a statement on
the
recent executions in Japan. Questions linked with the selection of judges at
the European Court of Human Rights were on the agenda of the meeting once again.
At their previous meeting, the Ministers' Deputies adopted
Guidelines on the
selection of candidates for the post of Judge. At this meeting, they held an
exchange of views with Mr Luzius Wildhaber, Chairman of the Advisory Panel of
Experts on Candidates for Election as Judge to the European Court of Human
Rights. The Committee of Ministers also adopted two recommendations to member
States in the field of Internet governance addressing respectively the
protection of human rights with regard to search engines and the
protection of human rights with regard to social networking services. Finally, the Committee
of Ministers held an exchange of views with Mr Vladimir Nechaev, Chairman of the
Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of anti-money laundering measures and the
financing of terrorism (MONEYVAL).
Meeting file
Statement of the Committee of Ministers on the recent executions in Japan
[04/04/2012] The Committee of Ministers deplores the three executions which took place on 29 March 2012 in Japan, an observer State to the Council of Europe.
These executions go counter to the growing trend against the death penalty at the international level.
The Committee of Ministers reaffirms its unequivocal opposition to the death penalty in all circumstances. It remains determined to continue its efforts for the global abolition of the death penalty. It calls on the Japanese authorities to put an end to this practice.
Council of Europe adopts recommendations to protect human rights on search
engines and social platforms
[05/04/2012] The Council of Europe has adopted two
Recommendations in which it calls on its members states to safeguard human
rights, notably freedom of expression, access to information, freedom of
association and the right to private life, with regard to search engines and
social networking services.
In the
Recommendation on search engines, the
Committee of Ministers invites states to engage with search engine providers to
increase transparency in the way access to information is provided, in
particular the criteria used to select, rank or remove search results. The
Committee calls for more transparency and respect for users' rights in the
processing of personal data, for example of cookies, IP addresses and
individual search histories.
In the
Recommendation on social networking
services, the Committee of Ministers' calls on states to work with operators to
raise users' awareness of their rights and the challenges to them, by using
clear and understandable language. It also recommends helping users understand
the default settings of their profiles - which should be privacy-friendly - and
make informed choices about their online identity.
The Recommendation contains a
number of actions to protect children and young people against harmful content
and behaviour, such as the setting up of easily accessible mechanisms for
reporting inappropriate or apparently illegal content or behaviour.
The Committee invites states to work both with search engine and social platform
operators to ensure better access to those services for people with disabilities.
It also recommends that self and co-regulatory mechanisms are set up in order to
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7 November 2011-23 May 2012 |
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Next Chairmanships |
| Albania: 23 May-November 2012 |
| Andorra: November 2012-May 2013 |
| Armenia: May-November 2013 |
| Austria: November
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| Azerbaijan: May-November 2014 |
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The Committee of Ministers is the Council of Europe's decision-making body. It is composed of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the 47 member states or their permanent representatives in Strasbourg
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Report
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1. Who sits on the Committee of Ministers?
The Foreign Minister of each Council of Europe member state.
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2. Who currently chairs the Committee of Ministers (07/11/2011 to 23/05/2012)?
United Kingdom - Mr William Hague, Secretary of State for Foreign
& Commonwealth Affairs
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3. Who are the Ministers' Deputies?
The Deputies, acting on behalf of the Ministers, conduct most of the
day-to-day business of the Committee of Ministers.
List of Permanent
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4. Who currently chairs the Ministers'
Deputies (07/11/2011 to 23/05/2012)?
Ms Eleanor Fuller, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom |
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5. What are the Deputies' subsidiary groups?
These working groups help to prepare the meetings of the Deputies.
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6. Who are the Observer states?
Holy See, United States of America, Canada, Japan, Mexico |
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