The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) held its 49th plenary meeting from 13 to 17 November 2023 in Strasbourg, France.
GRETA adopted final reports on Andorra, Hungary, Italy and Lithuania, as part of the third evaluation round of the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. These reports will be sent to the authorities concerned and will subsequently be made public, together with eventual final comments received from the authorities.
Furthermore, GRETA approved draft third round reports on Finland, Germany, Monaco and Switzerland. GRETA decided to transmit these draft reports to the national authorities concerned and to ask them to submit their comments within two months. The comments will be taken into account when GRETA draws up its final evaluation reports. GRETA draft reports remain confidential until their final adoption.
GRETA members also decided to prepare a guidance note on Article 13 of the Anti-Trafficking Convention (recovery and reflection period).
Further, on 15 November, GRETA held an exchange of views with Ms Anita Danka, Advance-level Fundamental Rights Monitor, Head of the Legal Team of the Fundamental Rights Office of Frontex, and other representatives of that office.
On the occasion of GRETA’s meeting, the new anti-trafficking website of the Council of Europe was launched. It is built around three key axes: promoting common standards based on the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention, evaluating their implementation through monitoring, and developping co-operation activities to assist the putting into practice of monitoring findings and recommendations.
The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) is an independent body which monitors the way countries implement the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings. All member states of the Council of Europe are bound by the Convention, as well as non-member states Belarus and Israel
