The Consultative Council of European Prosecutors is instructed to prepare opinions for the attention of the Committee of Ministers.

The opinions given by the CCPE take account of existing national situations.

This work is carried out on the basis of the replies by delegations to the questionnaires proposed by the CCPE.

Themes

• Managing prosecution services to ensure their independence and impartiality (2024)
• Councils of Prosecutors as key bodies of prosecutorial self-governance (2023)
• The role of prosecutors in the protection of the environment (2022)
• Implications of the decisions of international courts and treaty bodies as regards the practical independence of prosecutors (2021)
• The role of prosecutors in emergency situations, in particular when facing a pandemic (2020)
• The role of the prosecutor in the fight against corruption and economic and financial crime (2019)
• Independence, accountability and ethics of prosecutors (2018)
• The rights of victims, witnesses and vulnerable persons (2017)
• The quality and efficiency of the work of prosecutors, including as regards the fight against organised crime and terrorism (2016)
• Action of prosecutors within the framework of criminal investigation (2015)
• Reference document on European norms and principles concerning prosecutors (2014)
• Relations between the prosecutors and the media (2013)
• Management of the means of the prosecution services (2012)
• Relationships between prosecutors and prison administration (2011)
• Principles of public action in the field of justice for juvenils (2010)
• Relations between judges and prosecutors (2009)
• The role of the public prosecution in the protection of human rights and public interests outside the criminal law field (2008)
• Alternatives to prosecution (2008)
• Ways to improve international co-operation in the criminal justice field (2007)