Observers are welcome to the MEDICRIME Committee. They can bring relevant information, experience and good practices falling within the Convention’s remit with a view to both improving the Parties’ capacity to prevent and combat the counterfeiting of medical products and other similar crimes involving threats to public health and enhancing international co-operation. They can also make proposals before the Committee. Furthermore, according to the Rules of Procedure, observers are not entitled to vote and may not be compensated for their expenses.

Observer status granted by the MEDICRIME Committee
The European Union and its agencies, including Europol and Eurojust Europol, Eurojust
The United Nations and its specialised agencies, including The World Health Organization WHO
Interpol Interpol
The World Customs Organization WCO
The International Organisation of the Francophonie OIF
Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacy in the EU ASOP EU
Brazzaville Foundation Brazzaville Foundation
Conference of ministers of justice of ibero-American countries COMJIB
Fight the Fakes Fight the Fakes

International Association of French-speaking Customs Officers

 AIDF
International federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations IFPMA
Les entreprises du médicament LEEM
Organisation PanAfricaine de Lutte pour la Santé OPALS
Pharmaceutical Security Institute PSI
The Central American and Caribbean Federation of Pharmaceutical Laboratories FEDEFARMA
World Patients Alliance WPA
European Medicines Verification Organisation EMVO
Would you like your organisation to participate in the MEDICRIME Committee?

If your organisation is interested in participating in the MEDICRIME Committee as an observer, please contact us. The Secretariat will provide you with the relevant information and instructions.

Representatives of relevant official bodies of the Parties and representatives of civil society, in particular of non-governmental organisations, may be admitted as observers to the MEDICRIME Committee following the procedure set out in Resolution CM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods. A balanced representation of the different sectors and disciplines shall be ensured.

The MEDICRIME Committee may also authorise, on an ad hoc basis, the participation as observers of representatives of additional bodies, in particular:

a. private sector organisations involved in information and communication technologies;

b. financial institutions;

c. commercial and industrial sectors;

d. other relevant civil society actors.