At their 1572nd meeting, on 14 October, the Ministers’ Deputies held an exchange of views with Mr Samuel Vuelta Simon, Secretary of State for Justice of Monaco, in the context of Monaco’s Presidency of the Committee of Ministers.
The Deputies held their regular exchange with Secretary General Alain Berset, as well as their annual exchange of views with Ms Aoife Nolan, President of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) [more information …]. Ms Nolan’s mandate will finish at the end of 2026 and the Deputies paid tribute to her engagement and contribution over the last 10 years.
They adopted a recommendation to member States on the protection of children against violence through age-appropriate comprehensive sexuality education [more information …], and took note of its explanatory memorandum.
The Deputies expressed their regret at the decision of the United States of America to withdraw in 2026 from the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), and recalled the importance of these two Council of Europe mechanisms in promoting and strengthening the rule of law, the integrity of public institutions and public trust.
They also took note of the following documents:
- a study on the need for and the feasibility of updating Committee of Ministers’ Recommendation Rec(97)22 to member States containing Guidelines on the application of the safe third country concept;
- a report on examination of implementation of Committee of Ministers’ Recommendations CM/Rec(2019)6 on the development of the Ombudsperson institution and CM/Rec(2021)1 on the development and strengthening of effective, pluralist and independent national human rights institutions;
- the first biennial report (2024-2025) on the implementation of the Gender Equality Strategy 2024-2029
- Guidelines on combating organised crime related to drug trafficking (OC-DT).
The other items examined by the Deputies appear in the Agenda and the decisions adopted are available in the meeting file.
