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Adoption of an opinion on relations between judges and prosecutors
[18/11/2009] A press conference will be held at the Brdo Congress Centre on Friday 20 November at 1.00 pm. following adoption of the opinion on relations between judges and prosecutors. Meeting in the context of the Slovenian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, at the invitation of the Minister of Justice of Slovenia, Aleš Zalar, the CCPE and CCJE will adopt a joint opinion on relations between judges and prosecutors setting down minimum guidelines for co-operation between them. (More).

Plenary CCPE and CCJE meetings, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 18-20 November 2009
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16/11/2009]The 4th Plenary meeting of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) and the 10th Plenary meeting of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) will be held from 18 to 20 November 2009 in Ljubljana, at Brdo Congress Centre (Slovenia) in the framework of the Slovenian Chairmanship at the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe and at the invitation of Mr Aleš Zalar, Minister of justice of Slovenia. This event will take place at the same time as the Plenary meeting of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE). The two Councils are expected to adopt a joint opinion on the relationships between judges and prosecutors. The text, which was jointly drafted by the CCPE and the CCJE Working Parties at their meeting in Bordeaux, in July 2009, contains a Declaration called the "Bordeaux Declaration" accompanied by an Explanatory Note. A press conference will be held on Friday 20 November at 1.30 pm at the Brdo Congress Centre of Ljubljana (Slovenia).
Agenda


Hearing with the Group of Specialists on Child-Friendly Justice (CJ-S-CH) in Strasbourg on 7 December 2009
[18/11/2009] International non-governmental organisations active in the promoting and protecting the rights of the child are invited to participate in a hearing with the Group of Specialists on Child-Friendly Justice (CJ-S-CH) in Strasbourg on 7 December 2009. This hearing is part of the consultation process to enable interested parties to contribute to the drafting process of the Council of Europe Guidelines on Child-friendly Justice.
Site Child-friendly Justice


ECRI's Round table in Hungary
[10/11/2009] ECRI is holding its next round table on 16 November 2009 in Budapest. The main themes of this Round table are: 1) the follow-up given to the recommendations contained in ECRI’s fourth report on Hungary, 2) racially motivated violence, 3) racism, xenophobia, antisemitism and intolerance in public discourse, 4) implementation of anti-racial discrimination legislation and policies. (more…)
Press Release [en]
Programme [en] - [hu]
Explanatory Note [en] - [hu]
19th Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD-BUR), Strasbourg, 18-20 November 2009
[18/11/2009] The 19th Bureau of the Consultative Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD-BUR) will be held on 18-20 November 2009 in Strasbourg. (link to draft agenda). The 18 November will be dedicated to a public consultation on the Draft Recommendation on the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data in the framework of profiling
Website Data protection
The Council of Europe and the European Commission are organising jointly a conference on: “Challenges in Adoption Procedures in Europe: ensuring the best interests of the child”
[18/11/2009] This event will be held at the Council of Europe Headquarters, in Strasbourg (Palais de l’Europe - Room 1), from Monday 30 November  (09h30) to Tuesday 1 December 2009 (16h15). The first day of the Conference will be devoted to national adoption and the second day to international adoption.
Link to the special file
3rd meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO)
[18/11/2009] The 3rd meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CAHVIO) will be held in Strasbourg from 1 to 3 December. On the agenda will be the examination of the document "Draft convention on the preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence".
Website CAHVIO

2009 Internet Governance Forum
[04/11/2009] The Council of Europe will be calling for greater protection and respect for human rights, rule of law and democracy on the Internet at the 2009 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) on 15-18 November in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt). (more ...)
Council of Europe special file on the IGF
Website of IGF
Practical information on IG Forum 2009
IGF website of the Council of Europe


What's new close to you ...
Croatia : Ratification of the European Social Charter (revised) [06/11/2009]
Denmark: Ratification of the Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse [18/11/2009]
Hungary : Signature of the Protocol No. 14bis to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [10/11/2009] ; Ratification of the European Agreement on the Abolition of Visas for Refugees [06/11/2009]
Liechtenstein : Signature of the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption and the Additional Protocol to the Criminal Law Convention on Corruption  [17/11/2009]
Moldova : Signature of the Protocol No. 14bis to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [17/11/2009]
Switzerland: Ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine concerning Transplantation of Organs and Tissues of Human Origin   [10/11/2009]

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