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On 26 January 2023, ECtHR President Síofra O’Leary presented a summary of the Court’s activities and its statistics for 2022. The exceptionally serious events of the year, namely the invasion of Ukraine, the exclusion of Russia from the CoE, and the loss of …

On 9 December 2022, Dunja Mijatović, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, published a report on the state of human rights in the UK. The report is based on her visit to the UK from 27 June to 1 July 2022. …

On 28 October 2022 the European Commission for the efficiency of justice (CEPEJ) published the results of the third cycle of the Action “Dashboard for the Western Balkans: towards a better evaluation of the results of judicial reform efforts in the Western Balkans” …

On 25 October 2022, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Montenegro. Overall, the report found that ublic confidence in institutions in preventing and fighting corruption should be strengthened, but a comprehensive national strategy in this area is lacking.

On 5 October 2022, CEPEJ published its ninth biennial evaluation report on the efficiency and quality of justice in Europe. The report is based on data from 2020 on the major trends in the judicial systems of 44 CoE Member States (Liechtenstein and San Marino …

On 29 June 2022, MONEYVAL published its fifth round evaluation report on Liechtenstein. The fifth evaluation round builds on previous MONEYVAL assessments by strengthening the examination of how effectively Member States prevent and combat money laundering (ML) and terrorism financing (TF).MONEYVAL acknowledges for Liechtenstein …

On 16 September 2022, in accordance with Resolution CM/Res(2022)2 on cessation of the membership of the Russian Federation to the CoE (adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 16 March 2022) and pursuant to the Resolution on the consequences of the cessation of membership of …

On 19 September 2022, the Irish judge Síofra O'Leary was elected as the new President of the ECtHR, the first woman to hold this position. Judge O’Leary, who succeeds Robert Spano (Iceland), took up office on 1 November 2022. O’Leary holds a PhD from the …

On 13 July 2022, GRETA published its annual report for 2021. Despite the negative effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, the group continued to work with other CoE bodies, other international organisations and civil society to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings. It carried …

Moneyval's latest follow-up reports published on 8 and 10 June 2022 have upgraded the level of compliance of the following member states from "partially compliant" to "largely compliant" in a number of areas:Hungary in three areas: correspondent banking, internal control of financial institutions and …