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The Republic of Kazakhstan has been granted the observer
status with the CCPE
At its 1235th meeting (September 2015), the Committee of
Minister decided to reply favourably to the request of
Kazakhstan, by granting the country the observer status
with the CCPE.
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The Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)
makes public its declaration on communications relating
to the functioning of the prosecution service in Turkey
Declaration
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Opinion No. 9 of the CCPE recognised as a model of
standards concerning prosecution services in a
democratic society
By adopting the Sopot Declaration on 15 May 2015, the
European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) recalled that
Opinion No. 9 of the CCPE on European norms and
principles concerning prosecutors (Rome Charter) serves
as model of standards of democratic prosecution services
to be integrated in the draft EPPO Regulation: “Opinion
No. 9 takes into consideration the vary of the European
models of prosecution offices. It recognizes the
principles of independence and hierarchy that are
fundamental “
Sopot declaration
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17th meeting of the CCPE working group entrusted with
the drafting of Opinion No. 10 on the action of
prosecutors within the framework of criminal
investigation
The 17th meeting of the CCPE working group entrusted
with the drawing up of Opinion No. 10 on the action of
prosecutors within the framework of criminal
investigation took place in Paris, on 25 and 26
June 2015. The members of the group examined the
synthesis of the replies to the questionnaire previously
addressed to the member States and the contributions of
the members of the group before drafting Opinion No. 10.
The meeting of the Bureau of the CCPE took place on 24 June
2015, prior to the meeting of the working group.
Agenda of the Working group meeting
Agenda of the Bureau meeting
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The CCPE working group hold its meeting in Strasbourg on 12 and
13 March 2015
The 16th meeting of the CCPE working group in charge of drawing up Opinion
No. 10 (2015) on relations between prosecutors and
investigation services took place in
Strasbourg on 12 and 13 March 2015. A questionnaire has
been sent to all CCPE members in order to assess the
situation in the field of relations between prosecutors
and investigation services in the member States. During
its meeting, the working group prepared a detailed
structure of its Opinion.
Agenda
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The Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)
of the Council of Europe adopts the Rome Charter
 During
its plenary meeting in Rome on 16 and 17 December 2014,
the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)
adopted a document on European
norms and principles concerning prosecutors, also called
the “Rome Charter”. This Charter is a reference document
on European norms and principles concerning public
prosecutors in the Council of Europe member States for
ensuring independence and autonomy of prosecutors, and
for verifying if Recommendation Rec(2000)19 on the role
of public prosecution in the criminal justice systems
should be updated. The Rome Charter contains twenty
principles incorporating all aspects concerning the
status, tasks and operations of the public prosecution
in the strict respect of human rights and fundamental
freedoms: the prosecutors’ respect of the Rule of Law,
independence, autonomy, transparency in their actions,
their careers, professional ethics, the handling of
proof of evidence, the means put at their disposal, etc.
This document is aimed for state institutions and for
judicial, executive and legislative powers, as well as
practitioners and researchers. The Organisation’s member
States are invited to widely disseminate the Charter.
Opinion No. 9
: European norms and principles concerning prosecutors
("Rome Charter")
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 Plenary
meeting of the CCPE The 9th CCPE plenary meeting
took place in Rome, on the invitation of the
Italian High Council of the Judiciary. During this
meeting, the CCPE adopted
Opinion No. 9
: European norms and principles concerning prosecutors
("Rome Charter"). The aim of this
document is to put at the disposal of the European
prosecutors and stakeholders a kind of Charter for
prosecutors, containing both the main principles
providing guidance for their actions, nearly 15 years
after the adoption of Recommendation No. (2000)19 on the
role of public prosecution in the criminal justice
system. Before the plenary meeting, the Italian Higher
Council of the Judiciary and the CCPE jointly organised
an international Conference, on 15 December 2014, on the
theme “The organizational statute of the Public
Prosecution in Europe and the relationship with the
investigatory structures”.
Meeting report
Programme
of the Conference: The organizational statute of the
Public Prosecution in Europe and the relationship with
the investigatory structures
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CCPE published its declaration on the draft laws
concerning the judicial reform of the Turkish High
Council of Judges and Prosecutors in Turkey In its
declaration, the CCPE replies to the request addressed
by Turkish organisations of judges and prosecutors
concerning amendments adopted in February 2014 aimed to
modify some rules on the appointment and functioning of
the Turkish High Council of Judges and Prosecutors. Even
if the Turkish Constitutional Court has annulled some of
these provisions in April 2014, the implementation of
the remaining provisions could be in contradiction with
international standards ensuring independence of the
judicial power. The CCPE expresses its availability to
provide some recommendations to the Turkish authorities
on these texts in order to make them entirely comply
with the international standards.
Declaration on the draft laws concerning the judicial
reform of the Turkish High Council of Judges and
Prosecutors in Turkey (HCJP)
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CCPE publishes its Opinion on the status of prosecutors
in Montenegro In reply to the request addressed by
the State Prosecutors’ office of Montenegro following
the amendment of the law concerning the Service of
public prosecutions in Montenegro, the CCPE has published
its opinion concerning the State Prosecutor’s office.
This Opinion recalls the fundamental values of
independence, impartiality and the protection of the
function of prosecutor in conformity with international
standards in force in democratic societies. By
addressing its request, the State Prosecutors’ office of
Montenegro recalled the importance of the CCPE’s work. A
reference document on European norms and principles
concerning prosecutors (CCPE Opinion No. 9) has been
submitted for adoption at the 9th plenary meeting of the
CCPE, on 16-17 December 2014 in Roma (Italy).
CCPE
Opinion on the status of prosecutors in Montenegro
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2015 Calendar
2014-2015 Terms of reference
Action plan
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European Court of
Human Rights
Case Moulin v. France
(Application No. 37104/06,
Judgement of 23/11/2010 - in French)
The decision, which was long awaited, is historic and
may have important consequences on the architecture of
the French justice system: in France, prosecutors, being
independent neither of the executive nor of the parties
to the proceedings, are not judicial authorities.
The press
Prosecutors and Judges are claiming for the
independence of the public prosecutor's office (Le
Monde, 20/11/2009) (in French)
the conferences
Conference: The organizational statute of the Public
Prosecution in Europe and the relationship with the
investigatory structures
Rome (Italy), 15 December 2014
International Conference on “The Role of Prosecutor's
Office in Fighting Transnational Organized Crime:
National Experience and International Cooperation”,
Irkutsk (Siberia), 26 August 2014
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Speech of Mr Antonio Mura, President of the CCPE
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Recognising
the essential role of the public prosecutor in the criminal
justice system of a State governed by the Rule of Law, the
Committee of Ministers decided in July 2005 to institutionalise
the yearly Conference of Prosecutors General of Europe (CPCE) through the creation of the Consultative Council of
European Prosecutors (CCPE). 