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On 5 September 2024, the first-ever, international, legally-binding instrument on Artificial Intelligence (AI) was opened for signature by the Council of Europe (CoE). The CoE’s “Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence” provides a common baseline to ensure that activities within the lifecycle of AI systems are fully consistent with human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

On 29 October 2024, the Council of Europe’s Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE) published an Opinion on managing prosecution services to ensure their independence and impartiality. The Opinion also aims at reinforcing the efficiency of the work of prosecution services.

On 16 October 2024, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) published the tenth biennial evaluation report on European judicial systems. It provides tools for a better understanding of the functioning of justice in the CoE member states and some observers states, in order to improve efficiency and quality of justice in the interest of close to 700 million Europeans.

In its annual report for 2023, published on 8 November 2024, MONEYVAL provides an overview of compliance trends of in the states and jurisdictions which have been evaluated as regards their compliance with international standards on combatting money laundering, the funding of terrorism and …

On 28 August 2024, GRECO published its 5th Round Evaluation Report on Italy. The report addressed the effectiveness of the framework in place in Italy as regards the prevention of corruption among persons with top executive functions (PTEFs), and corruption prevention in law enforcement …

After a high-level visit to Slovakia on 26 September 2024, GRECO voiced concerns over the lack of process in the country’s fight against corruption. GRECO stated that Slovakia has largely not complied with GRECO’s recommendations from the 5th evaluation round addressing the prevention of corruption …

At its 86th Plenary meeting, the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) took important decisions on the advancement of cooperation and prevention in criminal matters. These include approval of the draft Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal Law, and approval of the draft Third Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters.

On 14 November 2024, the Council of Europe published a new factsheet summarising the ECtHR’s case law on Article 18 ECHR, which limits the use of restriction on human rights guaranteed in the Convention. Article 18 ECHR ensuring that restrictions on rights and freedoms …

What parameters should govern police access to cell phone data? The ECJ’s Grand Chamber landmark ruling in the Case C-548/21 (“Bezirkshauptmannschaft Landeck”) stressed that access is not necessarily limited to the fight against serious crime; instead, national legislation must have safeguards to uphold the principle of proportionality.

On 5 September 2024, Advocate General (AG) Nicholas Emiliou presented his opinion in case C-763/22 (Procureur de la République v OP). The case concerns the conditions under which EU Member States may decide on the competition between a European Arrest Warrant and …