Skopje, 19-20 June 2014

The Council of Europe (CoE), in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health of the host country, organised the third Regional Conference on the Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (MEDICRIME Convention), in Skopje on 19-20 June 2014.

The aim of the Conference was threefold: to promote the MEDICRIME Convention in different CoE member states in the Balkan region by encouraging them to sign and ratify it, to discuss the benefits and challenges of ratifying the MEDICRIME Convention, and to exchange experience and know-how and promote networking.

Mr Adnan Jashari, Minister for Justice, and Mr Nikola Todorov, Minister for Health, addressed the participants and expressed strong support for the Council of Europe’s efforts to both combat the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes and promote the signature/ratification of the MEDICRIME Convention.