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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 …

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 ‒ …

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 …

The three-day seminar brought together 38 European judicial and legal practitioners and academics from eight EU Member States looking at use of the European Arrest Warrant. It is part of a series of seminars to be continued in Bucharest/Romania and Lisbon/Portugal in 2020. The aim of EAW AWARE is to support, discuss, and build mutual trust and recognition of decisions between neighbouring European judiciaries and to promote consistent use of the EAW tool by European bodies.

Legal experts met in Sarnico/Italy for the fourth edition of the international conference to brainstorm on current developments in extradition law and the practice of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW). This report summarises the presentations and looks at the Vth edition to be held in June 2020.

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 …

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 …