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GRECO: Compliance Reports 
17 February 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
In December 2019, GRECO published a number of compliance reports from the Fourth Evaluation Round. The following is a summary of the reports that were adopted on Armenia, Malta, and Poland.On 12 December 2019, GRECO published its second compliance report for the Fourth Evaluation … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Ad hoc Report on Greece 
17 February 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 18 December 2019, GRECO published an ad hoc report on Greece. In the past, GRECO, together with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), had strongly criticised the Greek government for watering down the anti-corruption legislation already in place ‒ … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO and FEDE Launch New Anti-Corruption Education Module 
17 February 2020
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 20 December 2019, GRECO and the Federation for Education in Europe (FEDE), an international NGO having participatory status with the CoE, presented an education module on anti-corruption for the 2019-2020 academic year. The module includes summary sheets, takeaway messages, and test questions. It will … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Kazakhstan Makes Progress On Becoming GRECO Member 
11 January 2020 (updated 5 years, 9 months ago)
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 15 October 2019, Kazakhstan signed an Agreement concerning the privileges and immunities of representatives of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) and members of evaluation teams. Once Kazakhstan ratifies the Agreement, it will become GRECO’s 50th member state. Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Fourth Round Evaluation Report on Germany 
9 January 2020 (updated 6 years, 8 months ago)
Christine Götz Christine Götz
On 12 August 2019, the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO) published its fourth round evaluation report on Germany. A summary of the report is available here. The report in German can be retrieved here.GRECO found an “overall … Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
Seibert-Fohr New German Judge to ECtHR 
9 January 2020 (updated 6 years, 8 months ago)
Christine Götz Christine Götz
The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) elected Professor Anja Seibert-Fohr as new judge to the European Court of Human Rights on 27 July 2019. Her term of nine years commenced on 1 January 2020. Professor Anja Seibert-Fohr succeeds Professor Angelika Nußberger who has been … Read more
Council of Europe Reform of the European Court of Human Rights
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Malta 
3 June 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 3 April 2019, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Malta. The focus of this evaluation round is on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. The evaluation focuses particularly on issues, such as conflicts of interest, the declaration of assets, and accountability mechanisms. Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
Annual Activity Report by Human Rights Commissioner 
3 June 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 8 April 2019, the Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović, presented her first annual activity report before the Parliamentary Assembly. Read more
Council of Europe Human Rights Issues
ECtHR: Election of new President, Vice-President, and Section President 
3 June 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 1 April 2019, the Court elected Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos (Greece) as new President, Robert Spano (Iceland) as new Vice-President, and Ksenija Turković (Croatia) as new Section President. They took office on 5 May 2019. Read more
Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights
GRECO: Belarus Non-Compliant with CoE Anti-Corruption Standards 
2 June 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
In an unprecedented move on 19 March 2019, GRECO publicly proclaimed in a Declaration that Belarus does not comply with the anti-corruption standards of the CoE. Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on The Netherlands 
2 June 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 22 February 2019, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on The Netherlands, which calls upon the Dutch authorities to further intensify corruption prevention measures, both in top executive functions and vis-à-vis members of law enforcement agencies. Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
GRECO: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Poland 
1 June 2019 (updated 7 months, 3 weeks ago)
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri in Issue 1/2019
On 28 January 2019, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Poland. The focus of this evaluation round is on preventing corruption and promoting integrity in central governments (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. The evaluation focuses particularly on issues, such as conflicts of interest, the declaration of assets, and accountability mechanisms. Read more
Council of Europe Corruption
MONEYVAL: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on the Czech Republic 
31 May 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 11 February 2019, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on the Czech Republic. The report acknowledges the accuracy of the risk assessments by Czech authorities. Correspondingly, ML occurs mostly in conjunction with tax crimes, fraud, corruption, phishing, and subvention fraud. The probability of FT occurring remains low. Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering
MONEYVAL: Fifth Round Evaluation Report on Lithuania 
30 May 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 8 February 2019, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on Lithuania. As regards national risk assessment, Lithuania faces a number of ML threats, mainly from corruption, the shadow economy, organised crime, and the widespread use of cash. Concrete results are apparent in reducing the shadow economy, but further efforts are needed, especially in the investigation and prosecution of ML and AML/CFT supervision. Read more
Council of Europe Money Laundering
20th Anniversary of European Court of Human Rights 
18 February 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 1 November 2018, it was the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of Protocol No. 11 and the setting up of a single, full-time ECtHR. The protocol also established the right of individual petition to over 800 million Europeans. Following the entry into … Read more
Council of Europe Fundamental Rights European Court of Human Rights
First Case for Advisory Opinion under Protocol No. 16 
18 February 2019
Dr. András Csúri Dr. András Csúri
On 3 December 2018, the Grand Chamber panel of five judges accepted a request for an advisory opinion under Protocol No. 16. This is the first case (received on 16 October 2018 from the French Court of Cassation) since the entry into force of Protocol No. 16 to the ECHR on 1 August 2018. Read more
Council of Europe European Court of Human Rights