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Switzerland ratified the Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (CETS No. 211)

Switzerland has deposited the instrument of ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on the counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (MEDICRIME).

The Convention will enter into force concerning Switzerland on 1st February 2019. Switzerland is the 11th Member State of the Council of Europe to have ratified the MEDICRIME Convention.

The number of Parties to this treaty thus increases to 14. An another 14 States are signatories and 2 States have been invited to accede.

Full text of Convention

Relevant website: MEDICRIME Convention

Strasbourg 25/10/2018
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At a glance

Set up in 1958, the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) was entrusted by the Committee of Ministers the responsibility for overseeing and coordinating the Council of Europe’s activities in the field of crime prevention and crime control. The CDPC meets at the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg (France).

The CDPC identifies priorities for intergovernmental legal co-operation, makes proposals to the Committee of Ministers on activities in the fields of criminal law and procedure, criminology and penology, and implements these activities.

The CDPC elaborates conventions, recommendations and reports. It organises criminological research conferences and criminological colloquia, conferences of directors of prison administration.

Plenary meetings

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