Reports or studies on various topics have been undertaken upon request of the Committee of European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) or its Committees of experts, Working Parties or Drafting Groups and form a basis for their work and subsequent achievements in the different fields of competence of CDCJ.

Some of the most recent and significant reports and studies can be found below.

Civil law & administrative law

• Report on the state of play and assessment of the implementation of the European Convention on Information on Foreign Law (ETS No. 62) and its additional protocol (ETS No. 97) (2023)
• Comparative study on administrative law and the use of AI and other algorithmic systems in Administrative Decision-Making in the member States of the Council of Europe (2022)
• Technical study on online dispute resolution mechanisms (2018)
• Comparative analysis of existing data on civil legal aid schemes in Council of Europe member states, by Ms Olga Shepeleva, consultant (2016)
• Report on the use of electronic evidence in civil and administrative law proceedings and its effect on the rules of evidence and modes of proof - a comparative study and analysis (2015)
• Report on medical liability in Council of Europe member states - a comparative study and recommendations (2005)
• Report on Seeking Legal Solutions to Debt Problems in Credit Societies (2005)

Rule of Law

• Review of the implementation of the Council of Europe Plan of Action on Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality – Report (November 2022)
• Evaluation report on Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)7 on the protection of whistleblowers (full report) (2022)
• Profession of Lawyer: Study on the feasibility of a new European legal instrument (2021)
• Enabling citizens to plan for incapacity - a review of follow-up action taken by member states of the Council of Europe to Recommendation CM/Rec(2009)11 on principles concerning continuing powers of attorney and advance directives for incapacity (2018)
• Report on the follow-up action by member states to Recommendation CM/Rec(2010)12 on judges: independence, efficiency and responsibilities (2016)
• Study on the feasibility of a Council of Europe legal instrument on the legal regulation of lobbying activities (2014)
• The protection of whistleblowers - A study on the feasibility of a legal instrument on the protection of employees who make disclosures in the public interest (2012)

Family law & Children’s rights

• Comparative study on access of persons conceived by gamete donation to information on their origins (2022)
• Evaluation report on Recommendation CM/Rec(2015)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on preventing and resolving disputes on child relocation (2022)
• Report on the review of the implementation of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock (ETS No. 085) (2021)
• Feasibility study on a legal instrument on the protection of the best interests of the child in situations of parental separation (2021)
• Feasibility study of a legal instrument on the protection of the best interests of the child in domestic law proceedings by public authorities to limit parental responsibilities or place a child in care (2021)
• Study into the rights and legal status of children being brought up in various forms of marital or non-marital partnerships and cohabitation - Version September 2009
• "White paper" on principles concerning the establishment and legal consequences of parentage (2006)
• Report containing an evaluation of the Council of Europe legal instruments in the field of family law (2006)
• The right of access to children in Europe (1999)

Nationality

• Statelessness and the right to a nationality in Europe: progress, challenges and opportunities. – Final Report (2022)
• Analysis of current practices and challenges regarding the avoidance and reduction of statelessness in Europe (2021)
• Study for the feasibility of a legal instrument in the field of nationality law and families (including the promotion of acquisition citizenship) (2012)
• Feasibility study on Promoting acquisition of citizenship as a means to reduce statelessness (2006)
• Feasibility study on Nationality issues and denial of residence in the context of the fight against terrorism (2006)
• Feasibility study on The nationality of the child (2006)
• Report on misuse of nationality laws (2004)
• Report on Conditions for the Acquisition and Loss of Nationality (2002)
• Feasibility study on Statelessness in Relation to State succession (2001) 
• Report on Multiple Nationality (2000)