17th meeting
18-20 March 2014
1. Opening of the meeting
2. Points for information
- a. Terms of reference 2014-2015
- b. Co-operation with the PC-GR-COT
- c. Co-operation with the HELP programme
- d. Recent signatures and ratifications
- e. Other
3. Adoption of the draft agenda
4. Presentation and content of the PC-OC website
- a. Finalisation of the improved template for country information as regards the transfer of sentenced persons:
PC-OC Mod (2013)10 rev - b. Update of the index and summaries of relevant case law of the ECtHR:
PC-OC(2011)21 rev7 (English only)
5. European Convention on Extradition
- a. Preparation of a draft summary of 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 (2013) 1 rev3
PC-OC Mod (2014)02 (English only) - b. Preparation of the special session on extradition in May
- c. Interaction between extradition and asylum proceedings; practical problems encountered and examples of good practice:
PC-OC Mod(2013)06 rev2 - d. Double criminality: reference moment to be applied and interpretation in abstracto or in concreto:
PC-OC(2013)12Bil rev
PC-OC (2012) 02 Final
6. Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
- a. Ways to deal with the increase of MLA requests: development of guidelines for practitioners of requesting states on good practices of self-restraint
- b. Proposals for follow up to the project VC 2248 on effective tools to facilitate MLA: consideration of existing model request forms and guidelines:
DG-HL (2010)6
PC-OC Mod (2013)04 (English only)
PC-OC Mod (2013)08 (English only)
PC-OC Mod (2014) 01 Bil.
7. Convention on the transfer of Sentenced Persons and its Additional Protocol
- Proposals for follow-up to the special session on the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and its Additional Protocol during the 65th plenary meeting of the PC-OC, indicating priorities and time lines:
PC-OC(2013)10 Bil.rev
PC-OC(2013)10 ADD.rev
8. Comments on the revised draft White Paper on transnational organised crime by the PC-GR-COT
- White paper (Restricted document)
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 16th meeting of the PC-OC Mod:
PC-OC Mod (2013)11 - List of decisions of the 65th meeting of the CDPC:
CDPC(2013)17 - Terms of Reference of the PC-OC
- Resolution CM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods
- Terms of reference of the Ad hoc Drafting Group on Transnational Organised Crime (PC-GR-COT)
- 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
- The Convention on the Transfer of sentenced persons in practice, experiences and proposals for improvement by Ms Barbara GOETH-FLEMMICH, Austria
- The future of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons: options for improvement (second additional Protocol, recommendation, practical guidelines) by Ms Joana GOMES FERREIRA, Portugal
- Report on the discussions held in workshop 1 by Ms Imbi MARKUS, Estonia
- Report on the discussions held in workshop 2 by Mr Stéphane DUPRAZ, France