The Committee of Ministers at Deputy level
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The Committee of Ministers (CM) is the Council of Europe's decision-making body. Its role and functions are described in Chapter IV of the Statute. The CM meets at ministerial level and at Deputy level (the Ministers' Deputies).
In accordance with Article 14 of the Rules of Procedure of the CM, each Minister for Foreign Affairs appoints a Deputy to act on his behalf outside the meetings held at the level of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs.
The Committee of Ministers meeting at Deputy level is empowered to deal with all matters within the competence of the Committee of Ministers and to take decisions on its behalf. Decisions taken by the Deputies have the same force and effect as decisions taken by the Committee of Ministers meeting at the level of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs. The Deputies do not, however, take decisions on any matter which, in the view of one or more of them, should by reason of its political importance be dealt with by the Committee of Ministers meeting at ministerial level.
Meetings of the Deputies are organised along the following lines, whilst maintaining some flexibility:
- 3 Deputies’ meetings per month, in principle on a Wednesday;
- the Deputies’ Human Rights (DH) meetings, devoted to the supervision of the execution of judgments of the Court in compliance with Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights, take place at least 4 times a year for a duration of two or three days;
- extraordinary meetings may be convened by the President on urgent matters.
The Deputies are assisted by the Bureau and by their rapporteur and working groups.
1496th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies
24 April 2024 09:30 -
18:00
Place : CM Room
List of documents :Meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 10 April 2024
At their 1495th meeting on 10 April 2024, the Ministers’ Deputies held a thematic discussion on the abolition of the death penalty and in particular the Council of Europe's contribution to universal abolition, with the participation of: Firmin Yangambi, former death row prisoner in the Democratic...
Meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 5 April 2024
The Deputies held their 1494th meeting in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, in the framework of the Liechtenstein Presidency of the Committee of Ministers. The Deputies started preparations for the 133rd Session of the Committee of Ministers (Strasbourg, 16-17 May 2024), which will be preceded by the...
Meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 20 and 25 March 2024
At their 1493rd meeting, on 20 March 2024, the Deputies transmitted the draft Framework Convention on artificial intelligence, human rights, democracy and the rule of law to the Parliamentary Assembly and invited the latter to give an opinion as soon as possible. Once the Assembly’s opinion has...