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State of Emergency and Human Rights obligations : Georgian judges discuss most recent European practice and approach with the Venice Commission expert
COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the importance of scrutiny over derogations from fundamental rights and liberties. The scrutiny is primarily entrusted to the judicial powers, and several proceedings have already been initiated throughout Europe. Georgia is among the countries that has declared...
Venice Commission adopts opinions for Armenia and the Republic of Moldova
On 18 and 19 June 2020, the European Commission of Democracy through Law (the “Venice Commission”) has adopted two opinions prepared under the PGG Quick response Mechanism through a written procedure: The Republic of Moldova – Opinion on the Revised draft Law on amending and supplementing the...
Webinar series on combating discrimination to take place this summer
Five webinars will be organised between June and August on combating discrimination and working with victims. The aim of the webinars is to build attendees’ understanding of key discrimination areas and issue, and also share good practices from the Eastern Partnership region (Armenia, Azerbaijan,...
Call for tenders : design and layout services on access to justice in Eastern Partnership countries
The Council of Europe is launching a call for the provision of publication design and layout services on access to justice in Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) in the framework of PGG II regional project “Women’s Access to...
Latest edition of Partnership for Good Governance II is out
Do you want to learn more about PGG II projects and activities ? Then have a look at the latest edition of our newsletter ! We are talking about the COVID-19 crisis and its challenges, presenting about the launch of two new HELP (Human Rights Education for Legal Profesionnals) courses (watch our...
President of Moldovan Equality Council speaks about cooperation in the field of anti-discrimination on the occasion of EU Days
”Our Equality Council yearly examines around 300 complaints and almost every complaint is a story of someone fighting for their rights.” Ian Feldman, President of the Moldovan Equality Council On May 22, in the context of the celebration of the EU days, President of the Moldovan Equality Council,...
Supporting the Constitutional Court of Georgia to further improve its Case Management System during COVID-19 crisis
With the support of the European Union and the Council of Europe, the Constitutional Court of Georgia continues to offer improved electronic litigation, allowing court users to navigate more easily and get all relevant case-related information. This initiative will refine communication between...
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) ensures participation of partner institutions of cooperation programs into SATURN working group meeting
On 18 May 2020, representatives of the partner institutions of the Judiciary of Georgia, Latvia, Slovak Republic attended the meeting of the SATURN working group on judicial timeframes of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice. The meeting focused on the project concerning the...
73 participants from Eastern Partnership countries to take the HELP course on Fight Against Racism, Xenophobia, Homophobia and Transphobia
Over 70 participants from equality bodies, Ombudsperson institutions, NGOs and public agencies from the Eastern Partnership (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine) are engaging in a regional HELP course on fighting racism, xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia. The...
Call for Tenders for national consultants in the Republic of Moldova
The Council of Europe is launching calls for the provision of consultancy services in the fields of court management and enforcement of court decisions in civil and administrative matters in the Republic of Moldova, in the framework of the Partnership for Good Governance II 2019-2021 (PGG II)...
Upcoming activities for the PGG II project “Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in Azerbaijan”
In the framework of the PG II project “Strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in Azerbaijan”, a system of enforcement timeframes and recovery rates will be set-up as indicators of the efficiency of the enforcement system and in view of evaluating bailiffs’ performance. To...
PGG and the Covid-19 crisis: The protection and promotion of European citizens rights is essential
While the COVID-19 situation is evolving fast and has developed into an unprecedented crisis in Europe and in the whole world, we need to stay united and to continue working together to protect and promote the rights and freedoms of European citizens. The Partnership for Good Governance (PGG)...
Call for tenders for the provision of local consultancy services in the area of access to justice and violence against women in Eastern Partnership countries
The Council of Europe is launching a call for the provision of consultancy services on access to justice and violence against women in Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Republic of Moldova and Ukraine) in the framework of the EU/Council of Europe Partnership...
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) concretely involved in the implementation of judicial reforms in Georgia
The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) experts have started the evaluation of the administrative organisation of the Georgian courts and its non-judicial staff with a view to developing recommendations and guidelines concerning the evaluation of non-judicial staff. The...
Review of the criminal legislation launched in Georgia
Active efforts were undertaken to bring criminal procedure legislation in Georgia closer to the ECHR standards in the framework of PGG II Project “Supporting the criminal justice reforms - tackling criminal aspects of the judicial reforms in Georgia”. Following the results of high-level event...
Judges in Georgia to follow the second HELP course launched in the country: Reasoning of Criminal Judgments in Georgia
In cooperation with the High School of Justice of Georgia, the Council of Europe HELP course Reasoning of Criminal Judgements is launched for a second time and will be implemented for a period of seven weeks in Georgian under this European Union-Council of Europe action. This HELP course is...
Launch of HELP course on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters in Georgia
The Council of Europe HELP online course International Cooperation in Criminal Matters was launched for the first time in Georgia for a range of legal professionals. Mr Cristian Urse, Head of Office, Council of Europe Office in Georgia, Mr Gocha lordkipanidze, Deputy of Minister of Justice, Ms...
Council of Europe provides expert opinion on Azerbaijan’s legislation applicable to implementation of targeted financial sanctions
Council of Europe provided a legal opinion to the Financial Intelligence Unit of Azerbaijan, upon its request, on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing legislation. The analysis and recommendations of the opinion are intended to support the competent authorities in improving the...
PGG project cooperates with Ukraine authorities to enhance anti-money laundering measures
Many economic crimes involve misuse of corporate entities to hide origins of illicit gains. Increasing transparency around ultimate beneficial owners of corporate entities and understanding their potential money laundering and terrorist financing risks help countries to mitigate such misuse....
Venice Commission adopted opinions for Armenia and the Republic of Moldova
Following the spread of the COVID-19 virus to northern Italy, the Enlarged Bureau of the Venice Commission had decided not to hold the scheduled 20-21 March plenary session in Venice. Instead, only some opinions of those on the agenda have been adopted by written procedure. The preparation of two...
Results of a public survey on the perception of discrimination in Belarus
A new report on the perception of discrimination in Belarus has been published. The Anti-discrimination Department of the Council of Europe, in co-operation with the National Centre of Legislation and Legal research of the Republic of Belarus, initiated in autumn 2019 a public survey to assess...
Training of Trainers (ToT) organised with the Justice Academy in Tsaghkadzor, Armenia
A two-day training of trainers (ToT) on “Peculiarities of the victim's status in the criminal proceedings” and on “Practical skills for applying alternative preventive measures to detention” was organised in co-operation with the Justice Academy on 6-7 March in Tsaghkadzor. The goal of the first...
Future steps for the improvement of the data collection on discrimination discussed in Ukraine
On 3 March, the Council of Europe organised a meeting with representatives from state and non-state institutions in order to discuss progress in the collection of disaggregated data on cases of discrimination, hate crime and hate speech in Ukraine. Two Council of Europe experts presented a report...
Armenian civil servants participate in an awareness raising workshop on integrity systems and corruption prevention
An awareness raising workshop on integrity systems and corruption prevention took place on 3 March 2020, in Yerevan, Armenia. The workshop highlighted the importance of establishing a regular anti-corruption training for civil servants. Representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Corruption...
Improvement of the system of law enforcement in the Republic of Moldova through self-evaluation and new ICT tools
The system of enforcement of court decisions in civil and administrative matters in the Republic of Moldova will mark soon 10 years since switching to the institute of private judicial officers (bailiffs). This important reform was supported back in 2010 by the Council of Europe and the European...
Second Steering Committee Meeting of the PGG II Georgia
The second Steering Committee Meeting of the EU/CoE Partnership for Good Governance Project on “Enhancing the systems of prevention and combating corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing in Georgia” was organised on 27 February 2020. The Committee members took stock of the results...
Study visit to the Council of Europe for Georgian delegation of judicial candidates
In the framework of the project "Supporting the criminal justice reforms – tackling criminal aspects of the judicial reforms in Georgia", a study visit to the Council of Europe was organised in 25-26 February 2020 for Georgian delegation of 19 judicial candidates at the final stage of the...
CEPEJ continues to support the improvement of the efficiency of courts and the quality of judicial services in the Republic of Moldova
In the framework of the project “Support to further strengthening the efficiency and quality of the judicial system in the Republic of Moldova”, an expert mission aimed at addressing the steps for the dissemination of the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) tools in all...
Ukraine’s Financial Intelligence Unit provided with recommendations for anti-money laundering statistical data collection
The Council of Europe has provided recommendations to further improve a set of comprehensive anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing statistical indicators developed by State Financial Monitoring Service (Financial Intelligence Unit of Ukraine). Adequate data collection is essential...
Call for tenders : production of four short promotional films on PGG
The Council of Europe is launching a Call for Tender for the production of four short promotional films on PGG on the occasion of its midterm implementation event that will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, mid-May 2020. The deadline for the submission is 2 March 18:00. More information can be...
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