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On 29 January 2020, the ECtHR published its annual activity report and statistics for 2019. At the close of 2019, the number of applications pending before the Court totalled 59,800. The majority of pending cases were against the Russian Federation (25.2 %), followed by cases …

On 27 March 2020, the ECtHR provided insight into its activities during the unprecedented global health crisis. Since 16 March 2020, the Court has taken a number of exceptional measures announced in an earlier press release. Its essential activities, including the registering of incoming …

On 18 February 2020 GRECO published an ad hoc report under Rule 34 on Slovenia. During its 83rd General Assembly (21 June 2019), GRECO was alerted to possible political interference by the legislative branch in relation to public officials, prosecutors, and judges in Slovenia …

On 24 March 2020 GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Croatia. GRECO recognises the available anti-corruption tools but calls for improvements in legislation and practice. Among the key challenges, integrity standards should also apply to persons working for the government in an …

On 23 January 2020, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on Belgium. The lack of an integrity policy or ethical framework for ministers and staff members of their private offices emerged as the most striking problem. There are few regulations on incompatibilities and …

On 9 January 2020, GRECO published its fifth round evaluation report on France. 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 such issues as …

At its 33rd plenary meeting in Strasbourg on 5 and 6 December 2019, the European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ) adopted guidelines on knowledge sharing among judges. In a profession traditionally challenged by the culture of isolation, the guidelines aim to improve …

On 17 December 2019, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the Eurasian Group, and MONEYVAL published a mutual evaluation report on Russia’s anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) system. The report comprehensively assesses the effectiveness of Russia’s AML/CFT measures and its …

On 1 January 2020, Kazakhstan became GRECO’s 50th member state. As reported in eucrim 3/2019, p. 184, Kazakhstan signed an Agreement on 15 October 2019 involving the privileges and immunities of representatives of GRECO and members of evaluation teams, in this way paving the way …

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 …