66th plenary meeting
19-21 May 2014
1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda
2. Points for information
- a.Terms of reference 2014-2015:
Terms of Reference of the PC-OC - b. Follow-up to the White Paper prepared by the Ad Hoc Drafting Group on Transnational Organised Crime (PC-GR-COT):
PC-GR-COT (2013) 14 EN - c. Co-operation with the HELP Programme
- d. Recent signatures and ratifications
- e. Other
3. Review of Council of Europe Conventions within the remit of the PC-OC
4. Presentation and content of the PC-OC website
- PC-OC (2012) 09 Rev 5 Bil
- a. Finalisation of the improved template for country information as regards the transfer of sentenced persons:
PC-OC Mod(2013)10 Rev 2 - b. Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights
5. Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and the Additional Protocol thereto
- a. Presentation by the PC-OC Rapporteur on transfer on recent developments and forum discussions
- b. Proposals to improve the functioning of transfer procedures as a follow-up to the special session on the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and its Additional Protocol during the 65th plenary meeting
6. European Convention on Extradition and the Additional Protocols thereto
- a. Draft note on criteria to assess whether a judgment in absentia and additional guarantees satisfy the rights of defence (in connection with Article 3 of the Second Additional Protocol):
PC-OC Mod(2014)02 Rev - b. Interaction between extradition and asylum proceedings; practical problems encountered and examples of good practice:
PC-OC Mod(2013)06 Rev 2 - c. Reference moment to be applied when considering double criminality and interpretation in abstracto or in concreto:
PC-OC(2013)12 Bil rev 2
PC-OC(2012)02 Final - d. Other issues
7. Special session on extradition
8. Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
- a. Presentation by the PC-OC Rapporteur on MLA on recent developments and forum discussions
- b. Follow up to the project VC 2248 on effective tools to facilitate MLA: practical guidelines and model request forms:
DG-HL (2010) 6
PC-OC Mod(2014)01 Bil - c. Ways to deal with the increase of MLA requests: development of guidelines for practitioners of requesting states on good practices of self-restraint
- d. Liability of legal entities:
PC-OC(2013)13 - e. Preparation of the special session on seizure and confiscation of proceeds of crime, including the management of confiscated goods and asset sharing
- f. Other issues:
PC-OC(2014)06
9. Any other business
Background documents
- List of decisions of the 65th meeting of the PC-OC:
PC-OC(2013)14 - List of decisions of the 17th enlarged meeting of the PC-OC Mod:
PC-OC Mod(2014)03 - List of decisions of the 65th meeting of the CDPC:
CDPC(2013)17 - List of decisions of the meeting of the Bureau of the CDPC:
CDPC-BU(2014)2 - Resolution CM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods
- Practical measures to facilitate the application of conventions on international co-operation in criminal matters:
PC-OC(2011)04 Rev 3 - Replies received to the questionnaire regarding implementation of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and its Additional Protocol:
PC-OC(2013)10 Bil rev - Summary of the replies received to the questionnaire regarding implementation of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and its Additional Protocol:
PC-OC(2013)10 ADD. rev - Special session on the transfer of sentenced persons (ETS 112 and 167): Presentations:
PC-OC(2013)15 Bil - Questionnaire concerning judgments in absentia and the possibility of retrial, Summary and Compilation of Replies:
PC-OC(2013)01 Rev.3 Bil. - Discussion on the issue of extradition and asylum introduced by Mr Erik Verbert (Belgium):
PC-OC(2013)08 - UNHCR Guidance Note on Extradition
- 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 - ROMA-LYON GROUP: Addressing Requests for Mutual Legal Assistance in De Minimis Cases, 2013
- Activities undertaken within the PL project of the Eastern Partnership Judiciary Panel- facilitation of the mutual legal assistance in criminal matters through common model request forms:
PC-OC Mod(2013)08