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This year, once again, the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC)
has decided to address the major challenges faced by criminal justice in
our European societies and by international co-operation in the fight
against crime.
In compliance with the policy defined by the Committee of Ministers, the
first of these challenges will be to promote the efficient functioning
of our rich arsenal of conventions in criminal matters. Rather than
developing new legal instruments, the issue will be tackled by turning
our attention to the judges, prosecutors and civil servants who have to
implement the existing conventions, inviting them to inform us of the
obstacles and practical problems encountered, in particular in the field
of international co-operation, and by proposing solutions.
These challenges also include finding a common policy in order to ensure
better management and treatment of dangerous offenders. This policy will
serve the dual purpose of protecting society and promoting realistic and
effective opportunities, as well as the reintegration of these offenders
into society.
A third challenge, no less important, is the fight against transnational
organised crime. A comprehensive and multidisciplinary reflection on
this complex problem, involving close co-operation between expert
committees working in different areas should lead the CDPC to identify
the nature and challenges of international organised crime, and more
particularly to propose a strategic approach and common response to the
major threats posed by this crime against the rule of law and the
security of citizens.
Finally, other challenges, such as the standard-setting work related to
electronic monitoring, the fight against piracy, the entry into force of
the Medicrime Convention of 2011 and the adoption and entry into force
of the Draft Council of Europe Convention against Trafficking in Human
Organs will engage the attention of the CDPC, all in order to promote
the security of citizens in Europe, for the sake of justice, human
rights and the rule of law.
Lorenzo Salazar, Chair of the
CDPC
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