The Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is responsible for the Council of Europe’s cooperation and technical assistance related activities concerning measures against corruption, money laundering and terrorist financing. For two decades now, the ECCD has been supporting Council of Europe member states, EU member states, and non-member states and jurisdictions in the implementation of Council of Europe’s and other international anti-corruption and anti-money laundering standards.

The ECCD’s activities comprise a wide variety of interventions focusing on implementation of international standards addressing recommendations provided by monitoring bodies such as GRECO and MONEYVAL, often by involving practitioners from various jurisdictions in the ECCD’s activities, where they present on good practices from their countries and also train peers on various subjects

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The Council of Europe Convention on an integrated approach to safety, security and service at football matches and other sports events (CETS No. 218), also known as “Saint-Denis Convention” was opened for signature on 3 July and entered into force on 1 November 2017. As of 24 January 2023, this Convention has 25 States Parties and 36 Observers (29 States and 7 non-State organisations).  

The Convention advocates a multi-agency integrated approach, based on three interdependent and overlapping pillars: Safety, Security and Service, to ensure a safe, secure and welcoming environment at football matches and other sports events, both inside and outside stadiums.

This Convention is the only binding international legal instrument that establishes institutional cooperation between all stakeholders involved in the organisation of football matches and other sports events.

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The Council of Europe Convention on Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, also known as “the Lanzarote Convention”, requires criminalisation of all kinds of sexual offences against children. It sets out that States in Europe and beyond shall, in particular, adopt specific legislation and take measures to prevent sexual violence, to protect child victims and to prosecute perpetrators.

The “Lanzarote Committee” (i.e. the Committee of the Parties to the Lanzarote Convention) is the body established to monitor whether Parties effectively implement the Lanzarote Convention and to identify good practices, in particular during capacity-building activities (study visits, conferences, etc.).

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The Department for the execution of judgments of the ECtHR, on the one hand, advises and assists the Committee of Ministers in its functions of supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, in accordance with Article 46, paragraph 2, of the Convention (with respect to final and binding judgments in which the Court found a breach of the Convention or friendly settlements therein); and on the other hand, the Department provides support to the member States in their efforts to achieve full, effective and prompt execution of the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, in the cases to which they are parties.

Many judgments concern the work of the police, as mostly a law enforcement agency, but also police work as a public service offered by the state.

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The MEDICRIME Convention, open to Council of Europe member and non-member States, is the first and only legally binding criminal-law instrument aimed at combating the counterfeiting of medical products and other similar crimes that pose a threat to public health.

The Convention also provides the protection of victims.  Given the undeniable transborder dimension of these crimes, the Convention and its Parties also engage in an enhanced effort to create multidisciplinary operational synergies among the different actors involved (justice, health and law-enforcement), through the promotion of co-operation at national and international level, in particular through a 24/7 Network.

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The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, also knows as the Istanbul Convention, is the most far-reaching international treaty on women’s human rights. Preventing violence, protecting victims and prosecuting the perpetrators are the cornerstones of the convention.

In the area of law enforcement, states are required to ensure that agencies respond immediately to calls for assistance and manage dangerous situations adequately.

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Istanbul Convention