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
[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 |