Reference document on European norms and principles concerning prosecutors (2014)
Preliminary work - preparation of the 9th CCPE opinion (2014)
For 2014, the Committee of Ministers entrusted the CCPE with the proper implementation of Recommendation Rec(2000)19 on the role of public prosecution in the criminal justice system and Recommendation Rec(2012)11 on the role of public prosecutors outside the criminal justice system, and, in this respect, with the preparation and adoption of an opinion in 2014 on issues which relate to the difficulties concerning the implementation of Recommendation Rec(2000)19 when dealing with the improvement of the prosecutions services in member States, in particular, a reference document on European norms and principles concerning prosecutors. The draft opinion has been submitted for adoption at the 9th plenary meeting of the CCPE, on 16 and 17 December 2014 in Roma (Italy).
Working group
The working group in charge of preparing Opinion No. 9 held its first meeting in Strasbourg on 27-28 March. The second meeting also took place in Strasbourg, on 19-20 June 2014.
- Working group meeting report - 27 and 28 March 2014
- Working group meeting report - 19 and 20 June 2014
Members
- Gordana BOSILJCIC (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- João Manuel DA SILVA MIGUEL (Portugal)
- Hasan DURSUN (Turkey)
- Jean-Pierre DRENO (Monaco)
- Peter McCORMICK (Ireland)
- Harald RANGE (Germany)
- Elizabeth SIDWA (Poland)
- Antonio VERCHER NOGUERA (Spain)
- Alexander ZVYAGINTSEV
- Vladimir ZIMIN (Russian Federation)
Substitute members
- Olivier de BAYNAST (France)
- Nelly HARUTYUNYAN (Armenia)
Reference documents
- European Convention on Human Rights
- All relevant case-law of the European Court of Human Rights concerning prosecutors
- Recommendation Rec(2012)11 of the Committee of Ministers on the role of public prosecutors outside the criminal justice system
- Recommendation Rec(2003)13 of the Committee of Ministers on the provision of information through the media in relation to criminal proceedings
- Recommendation Rec(2000)19 of the Committee of Ministers on the role of public prosecution in the criminal justice system
- Recommendation Rec(2000)10 of the Committee of Ministers on codes of conduct for public officials
- Eight opinions adopted by the CCPE (including the Bordeaux Declaration, elaborated together with the CCJE)
- Venice Commission's "Report on European Standards as regards the Independence of the Judicial System: Part II & The Prosecution Service" (adopted in December 2010)
- Relevant documents adopted by the Conferences of the Prosecutors General of Europe (CPGE) including the "Budapest Guidelines" (i.e. the European guidelines on ethics and conduct for public prosecutors, adopted in 2005)
- UN Guidelines on the Role of Prosecutors (adopted in 1990)
- UN Resolution "Strengthening the rule of law through improved integrity and capacity of prosecution services" (2008)
- Relevant documents f UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
- Relevant documents, in particular Evaluating Judicial Systems (2012-2014 cycle) prepared by The European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ)
- The IAP (International Association of Prosecutors) "Standards of Professional Responsibility and Statement of the Essential Duties and Rights of Prosecutors" (1999)
- Recommendations of the PACE on prosecutors (in particular Recommendation Rec(1604) from 2003)
