Committee of Ministers

132^nd Session of the Committee of Ministers
Turin, Italy - 19-20 May 2022

Decisions adopted

• CM/PV(2022)132-add - Volume of Decisions - Addendum to the Minutes of the sitting held in Turin, Italy

Minutes

• CM/PV(2022)132-final - Minutes of the sitting held in Turin, Italy

Thursday 19 May

Informal working dinner, hosted by the Chair of the Committee of Ministers, on the theme “Towards a stronger Council of Europe to address new challenges”

• Discussion paper (restricted access) 

Friday 20 May

List of Heads of Delegation  

List of speakers (restricted access) 

Composition of Delegations (restricted access) 

Agenda

1. Adoption of the agenda

• CM(2022)OJ-final - Programme, Agenda and Annotated Agenda 

2. United around our values – Council of Europe response to the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine

• CM/Res(2022)1 - Resolution on legal and financial consequences of the suspension of the Russian Federation from its rights of representation in the Council of Europe 
• CM/Res(2022)2 - Resolution on the cessation of the membership of the Russian Federation to the Council of Europe 
• CM/Res(2022)3 - Resolution on legal and financial consequences of the cessation of membership of the Russian Federation in the Council of Europe 
• CM(2022)89-final - Priority adjustments to the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine 2018-2022 

3. A shared responsibility for democratic security in Europe

a. Annual report by the Secretary General on human rights, rule of law and democracy in Europe

• SG(2022)1 - Moving Forward 2022 - Annual Report of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe 

b. Conflicts and crises in Europe: The role of the Council of Europe

• SG/Inf(2022)7 - Consolidated report on the conflict in Georgia (October 2021 – March 2022) 
• CM/Del/Dec(2022)1433/2.1 - The Council of Europe and the conflict in Georgia 

c. Council of Europe activities:

i. From Hamburg (131^st Session, 21 May 2021) to Turin (132^nd Session, 19-20 May 2022)

- Progress on reform measures

• CM(2022)61 - Progress report on reform measures 

- Artificial intelligence and cybercrime

- Council of Europe monitoring procedures

• SG/Inf(2022)5 - Enhancing the co-ordination, effectiveness and impact of monitoring mechanisms – Secretary General’s report and proposals 

- Improving the European Social Charter system

• CM(2022)67-final - Improving the European Social Charter system – Consolidated Report 

- Human rights and the environment

• Manual on human rights and the environment 

- Participation of civil society organisations and national human rights institutions

• SG/Inf(2022)13 Follow-up to the Helsinki decisions on civil society: implementation of the Secretary General’s proposals - Final Report 
• Civil society and the Council of Europe – strengthening our ties

- Council of Europe contribution to the international order and global governance and to the SDGs

• CM(2022)84-final - Reflection process on the Council of Europe contribution to the international order and global governance, as well as to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - Activity Report 

- Enhancing the visibility of the Council of Europe, including among youth

ii. Other activities

- The role of restorative justice

• Venice Declaration on the Role of Restorative Justice in Criminal Matters 
• CM/Del/Dec(2022)1421/10.1 - Conference on Crime and Criminal Justice - the role of restorative justice in Europe, organised by the Italian Presidency (13-14 December 2021, Venice, Italy) - Follow up 

- Culture, creativity and cultural heritage

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)15 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the role of culture, cultural heritage and landscape in helping to address global challenges 

- Rights of the child: Rome Strategy

• Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2022-2027) 

- Interreligious dialogue

• The Strasbourg Principles for inter-religious dialogue within the Council of Europe 

- Freedom of expression, the right to information and combatting discrimination and hate speech

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)16 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on combating hate speech 

- Protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls

• Recommendation CM/Rec(2022)17 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on protecting the rights of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeking women and girls 

- Empowerment of women and fight against violence against women and domestic violence

- European Conference of Prosecutors

• European Conference of Prosecutors (Palermo, 5-6 May 2022) 

4. Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union

• CM(2022)62-final - Summary Report on co-operation between the Council of Europe and the European Union (May 2021 – May 2022) 
• CM(2022)62-addfinal - Joint Programmes between the Council of Europe and the European Union in 2021 – Information document 

5. Other business

6. Transfer of the chairmanship between Italy and Ireland

- Report by the Italian Chairmanship

• CM/Inf(2022)13 - Stocktaking of the Italian Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (17 November 2021 – 20 May 2022) 

- Priorities of the Irish Chairmanship

• CM/Inf(2022)14 - Priorities of the Irish Presidency of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (20 May – November 2022) 

7. Date and place of the next Session