Directorate General
Human Rights and
Rule of Law

Committees - Consultative bodies - Partial/Enlarged Agreements
 
Intergovernmental Committees
 

CDCJ: European Committee on Legal Co-operation 

CDDH: Steering Committee for Human Rights

Subordinate bodies :

CDDH-AGE: Drafting Group on the rights of the elderly

CDDH-SC: Group on national practices for the selection of candidates for the post of judge at the European Court of Human Rights

CDDH-UE: CDDH Informal Working Group on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights

DH-BIO: Committee on Bioethics

DH-GDR: Committee of experts on the Reform of the Court
                Drafting Group A on the Reform of the Court (GT-GDR-A)
                Drafting Group B on the Reform of the Court (GT-GDR-B)

DH-PS: Committee of Experts on a simplified amendment procedure for amendment of certain provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights

GEC: Gender Equality Commission

CDPC: European Committee on Crime Problems

Subordinate bodies :

PC-CP: Council for Penological Co-operation

PC-OC: Committee of Experts on the Operation of European Conventions on Co-operation in Criminal Matters

PC-TO:  Committee of Experts on Trafficking in Human Organs, Tissues and Cells

CDSI: Steering Committee on Information Society

CODEXTER: Committee of Experts on Terrorism

MONEYVAL: Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism
 
Convention Committees
 

Committee of independent experts

CPT: Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

GRETA: Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

ECSR: European Committee of Social Rights

Committees of governmental experts

Committee of the Parties of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (CETS No. 197)

COP198 : Committee of Parties to the Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism (CETS 198)

Governmental Committee of the European Social Charter and of the European Code of Social Security

T-CY: Convention Committee on Cybercrime (ETS 185)

T-PD: Consultative Committee of the convention for the protection of individuals with regard to automatic processing of personal data (ETS 108)
 
Consultative Bodies
 

CCJE: Consultative Council of European Judges

CCPE: Consultative Council of European Prosecutors

CEPEJ: European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice

 
Partial/Enlarged Agreements
 

GRECO: Group of States against Corruption

POMPIDOU GROUP: Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs

VENICE COMMISSION : European Commission for Democracy through Law