Committee of Experts on the Operation of European Conventions on Co-Operation in Criminal Matters (PC-OC)

www.coe.int/tcj


 
Council of Europe standards

  Country information
 
Tools for implementation

 


 
Council of Europe standards
  Country information
 
Tools for implementation

 


 
Council of Europe standards
  Country information
 
Tools for implementation

 


  Applicable instruments

  Recent publications
  Other relevant publications



  Case law of the
European Court of
Human Rights
 

 


 
International Courts
  Council of Europe
  European Union
  United Nations
  Other Organisations
  National Websites

 


 
Committees

 


 
Contact Us

 

 

For over fifty years now, a series of treaties have been negotiated within the Council of Europe which establish a common basis for co-operation in criminal matters across Europe and sometimes beyond. These treaties cover such co-operation mechanisms as extradition, mutual legal assistance and the transfer of sentenced persons, but they also address specific forms of crime which more often than others have a trans-border dimension, such as organised crime, terrorism and cyber-crime.
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Operation of European Conventions in the Penal Field (PC-OC / Terms of reference) is the forum in which, since 1981, experts from all member and observer states and organisations come together to elaborate ways to improve international co-operation in criminal matters and identify solutions to practical problems encountered in the application of Council of Europe Conventions in this field.

 This website is in continuous development becoming more useful for practitioners involved in international co-operation in criminal matters.

New on this site:
-
An index containing summaries of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights of particular relevance to practitioners in the field of international co-operation in criminal matters
-
Guidelines on practical measures to improve co-operation in respect of transfer of proceedings, including a model request form
- information leaflet on the PC-OC in several languages
- links to useful websites
- a note on the relationship between extradition and deportation/ expulsion (disguised extradition)
- Replies to Questionnaire on legal and technical aspects of the use of video conferences in mutual legal assistance in criminal matters 

Fourth Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Extradition

 
Next meeting: 64th meeting of the PC-OC, 28-30 May 2013
- Draft Agenda
- Special session on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Wednesday 29 May): Programme

  Last meeting: 15th meeting of the PC-OC Mod, 6-8 March 2013 - List of decisions


  Recent ratifications and signatures to CoE treaties

 


Access to the collaborative space: click here for restricted information and discussion forum

Access to PC-OC Mod shared office space: click here for shared working documents