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High-Level Conference "Of Unsound Mind"
On 27 March, the Committee of Ministers’ Presidency of Liechtenstein, in collaboration with the Department for the Execution of Judgments, organises a High-Level Conference, “’Of Unsound Mind’: Convention-compliant approaches to the execution of judgments concerning involuntary detention and...
Ukrainian stakeholders and international experts discuss reparations for damages, losses, and injuries resulting from the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine
The Council of Europe, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organised a high-level roundtable on "Reparations for Damages, Losses, and Injuries Resulting from the Russian Federation’s Aggression against Ukraine." Held...
Closing conference of the TJENI Project
On 18 March 2024, the Council of Europe, together with the Superior Council of Magistracy of Portugal, held the Closing conference of the "Foster Transparency of Judicial Decisions and Enhancing the National Implementation of the ECHR" (TJENI) project, funded by the EEA and Norway Grants for...
Implementation of the European Court's judgments - Latest decisions by the Committee of Ministers
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has published the case-by-case decisions taken during its meeting from 12 to 14 March in the context of the supervision of the implementation of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights. The Committee of Ministers adopted 40...
Slovakia strengthened its regulations for financial institutions
In a follow-up report released today, MONEYVAL concludes that the Slovak Republic has taken positive steps towards improving its anti-money laundering and terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime, in particular concerning compliance with the Financial Action Task Force’s Recommendation 26 on the...
Annual Activity Report 2023 of the Council of Europe Access Info Group
The Access Info Group of the Council of Europe has published its Annual Activity Report for 2023, which gives an overview of the meetings of the Group and its other activities to promote the Tromsø Convention. The Tromsø Convention is the first binding international legal instrument to guarantee...
1492nd CMDH meeting: the Committee of Ministers will examine the status of implementation of the European Court's judgments
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers will hold its quarterly meeting to supervise the execution of judgments and decisions from the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg from 12 to 14 March. Cases proposed for detailed examination concern Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Croatia,...
GRECO: Publication of the second addendum to the second compliance report of fourth evaluation round on North Macedonia
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has made public today its fourth evaluation round to the second addendum to the second compliance report on North Macedonia, which deals with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. This...
GRECO: Publication of fifth round evaluation report on the Republic of Moldova
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has acknowledged the progress achieved by the Republic of Moldova in setting up an institutional and legal framework to promote integrity and prevent corruption in the top executive functions of the central government and its law...
Joint Council of Europe and Egmont Group Training of Trainers on Strategic Analysis for Financial Intelligence Units
On 11-13 March 2024, the Council of Europe, in cooperation with the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), organised a Training of Trainers on Strategic Analysis for FIU analysts. The event gathered 20 representatives from 17 jurisdictions, including Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and...
GRECO: Publication of the interim compliance report of 4th evaluation round on Liechtenstein
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has made public today its fourth evaluation round interim compliance report on Liechtenstein, which deals with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. This report was adopted by GRECO at...
GRECO: Publication of fifth round evaluation report on Czechia
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), in a report published today, calls for determined measures to prevent corruption in Czechia in respect of persons with top executive functions, including the Prime Minister, ministers, deputy ministers, ministers’ advisers, as...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) publishes report on Poland
The Council of Europe's Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has published today the report on its visit to Poland carried out from 21 March to 1 April 2022, together with the Government’s response. The main objective of the visit was to...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks in Montenegro
A delegation of the Council of Europe's Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) held high-level talks in Montenegro with the Deputy Prime Minister, Aleksa Bečić, the Minister of the Interior, Danilo Šaranović, as well as with senior officials...
Azerbaijan should step up investigations and prosecutions of money laundering and improve supervisory arrangements, says MONEYVAL
In the new report published today, Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL calls on Azerbaijan authorities to further strengthen measures to combat money laundering (ML), the financing of terrorism (TF) and financing of proliferation, in particular in the areas of preventive...
Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) publishes report on its 2023 ad hoc visit to the United Kingdom on immigration detention
The European Committee for the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (CPT) has today published the report on its ad hoc visit to the United Kingdom (UK) in March/April 2023, together with the response of the UK authorities. The main objective of the visit was to...
Advance notice: High-Level Conference in March 2024 on execution of judgments concerning involuntary detention and treatment on mental health grounds
On 27 March 2024, the Committee of Ministers’ Chairmanship of Liechtenstein, in collaboration with the Department for the Execution of Judgments, will organise a High-Level Conference, “’Of Unsound Mind’: Convention-compliant approaches to the execution of judgments concerning involuntary...
Montenegro should step up efforts to investigate and effectively prosecute money laundering, and strengthen the supervision of high-risk non-financial businesses and professions
In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-money laundering body MONEYVAL calls on the Montenegrin authorities to further strengthen measures to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Since 2015, when MONEYVAL last provided a comprehensive evaluation of Montenegro,...
Albania’s high-level officials discussed the necessary interventions following the latest report of the Council of Europe Committee against Torture
Deputy Ministers of Justice and Health and Social Protection, high level prison management and representatives of the Ministry of Health, the Ombudsman, alongside with representatives of the civil society, the Council of Europe Co-operation in police and deprivation of liberty Division (CPDL),...
GRECO: Publication of the second addendum to the second compliance report of 4th evaluation round on France
The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has made public today its fourth evaluation round second addendum to the second compliance report on France, which deals with corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors. This report was...
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