64th plenary meeting
28-30 May 2013
1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda
2. Points for information
- a. Review of Council of Europe Conventions by the Committee of Ministers:
Decision CM (10/04/13) - b. Recent signatures and ratifications
- c. Upcoming activities of the Ad Hoc Drafting Group on Transnational Organised Crime (PC-GR-COT)
- d. Other
3. Presentation and content of the PC-OC website
- a. Proposals to improve country information:
PC-OC(2012)09rev2
- revised templates:
PC-OC(2013)04
- content of PC-OC INF 4,5,9:
PC-OC(2013)05
- country information contained in replies to questionnaires:
PC-OC INF 4
PC-OC INF 5
PC-OC INF 9 - b. Useful links to national websites
- c. Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
4. Allowing practitioners to submit questions to the PC-OC
- a. Translation and dissemination of the information leaflet on the PC-OC
- b. Use of the forum
5. Practical problems and concrete cases concerning the implementation of the European Convention on Extradition
- a. Presentation by the PC-OC Rapporteur on extradition on recent developments and forum discussions
- b. Consideration of the replies received to the questionnaire on "in absentia cases" in connection with Article 3 of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Extradition and follow-up:
PC-OC(2013)01rev - c. Discussion on the issue of extradition and asylum introduced by Mr Erik Verbert (Belgium):
UNHCR Guidance Note on Extradition
PC-OC(2013)08 - d. Other issues
6. Special session on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
7. Practical problems and concrete cases concerning the implementation of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced persons and its Additional Protocol
- a. Presentation by the PC-OC Rapporteur on the transfer of sentenced persons on recent developments and forum discussions
- b. Consideration of practical problems and legal questions:
PC-OC(2013)03 - c. Consideration of the examples of national legislation and procedures with regard to conditional release and follow-up:
PC-OC(2013)02rev - d. Preparation of the special session on the transfer of sentenced persons
8. Exchange of views on possible future activities of the PC-OC (draft terms of reference for 2014-2015)
9. Any other business
Background documents
- List of decisions of the 63rd meeting of the PC-OC:
PC-OC(2012)13 - List of decisions of the 15th enlarged meeting of the PC-OC Mod:
PC-OC Mod (2013)03 - List of decisions of the 63rd meeting of the CDPC:
CDPC(2012)20 - Terms of Reference of the PC-OC
- ResolutionCM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods
- Report by the Secretary General on the Review of Council of Europe Conventions:
SG/INF (2012)12 - Executive Summary of the Report by the Secretary General on the Review of Council of Europe Conventions:
SG/INF (2012)12 Addendum - Terms of reference of the Ad hoc Drafting Group on Transnational Organised Crime (PC-GR-COT)
- Practical measures to facilitate the application of conventions on international co-operation in criminal matters:
PC-OC (2011) 04 Rev 3 - Proposals for issues to be discussed during the special session on mutual legal assistance:
PC-OC Mod(2013)01 - ROMA-LYON GROUP: Addressing Requests for Mutual Legal Assistance in De Minimis Cases, 2013
- Project VC 2248 on effective practical tools to facilitate mutual legal assistance:
DG-HL (2010)6 - MLA-Service of documents to the defendant under penalty of fine:
PC-OC(2012)11 - The European Commission’s amended proposal for a New Directive on Common Procedures for granting and withdrawing International Protection Status – relation between Asylum and Extradition in the European Union:
PC-OC(2011)24 - PC-OC questionnaire on the relationship between asylum procedures and extradition procedures:
PC-OC INF 76 Bil. - UNHCR reaction to the replies in PC-OC INF 76
- Note on the Relationship between extradition and deportation/ expulsion:
PC-OC (2012)08 rev 2 - Summary of the replies to the questionnaire on the proposal concerning the drafting of a Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons:
PC-OC (2007) 08 rev. (Restricted) Available on collaborative space - Replies to the questionnaire on the proposal concerning the drafting of a Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons:
PC-OC (2007) 07 rev.2 (Restricted) Available on collaborative space