27-29 May 2015

1. Opening of the meeting and adoption of the agenda

2. Points for information

  • a. Activities of the CDPC and CODEXTER
  • b. Working Group on the follow up to the White Paper on Transnational Organised Crime
  • c. Working Group on prison overcrowding
  • d. Activities of the T-CY
  • e. Co-operation with the HELP programme
  • f. Recent signatures and ratifications
  • g. Other

3. Discussion on the possible contribution by the PC-OC to the action of the Council of Europe to combat terrorism

4. Comments on the preliminary draft action plan to the White Paper on Transnational Organised Crime

  • Preliminary draft action plan

5. Presentation and content of the PC-OC website

6. European Convention on Extradition

  • a. Follow up to the special session on extradition held during the 66th plenary meeting of the PC-OC
  • b. Prison standards to consider in extradition matters with non-European states:
    PC-OC Mod (2014)06
  • c. Other:
    PC-OC (2015)12

7. Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters

  • a. Draft model request form on MLA and practical guidelines for practitioners:
    PC-OC Mod(2014)10 rev2
    PC-OC (2015)09 
  • b. Draft questionnaire on the use and efficiency of CoE instruments as regards international co-operation in the field of seizure and confiscation of proceeds of crime:
    PC-OC Mod (2015)03 rev
    PC-OC Mod (2015)03 rev.2 
  • c. Discussion on MLA in criminal, civil and administrative matters related to criminal offenses, the liability of legal entities, non-conviction based confiscation:
    PC-OC Mod(2014)08 
  • d. Proposals for follow up to the special session on international co-operation as regards the seizure and confiscation of proceeds of crime, including the management of confiscated goods and asset sharing:
    PC-OC (2015)01
  • e. Compatibility between the MLA convention and the Cybercrime convention with regard to the question of international co-operation in matters related to electronic evidence:
    PC-OC Mod(2015)02 rev2 Bil.
  • f. Other

8. Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons and its Additional Protocol

9. Review of Conventions within the remit of the PC-OC: Discussion on the operation of the European Convention on the Supervision of Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released Offenders (ETS No. 51) and of the European Convention on International Validity of Criminal Judgments (ETS No. 70)

10. Election of a member of the PC-OC Mod

11. Appointment of a representative of the PC-OC in the T-CY

12. Any other business

Background documents

  • List of decisions of the 67th meeting of the PC-OC:
    PC-OC (2014)14
  • List of decisions of the 19th meeting of the PC-OC Mod:
    PC-OC Mod (2015)04
  • List of decisions of the 67th meeting of the CDPC:
    CDPC(2014)28
  • List of decisions of the Bureau of the CDPC:
    CDPC-BU (2015)2
  • Terms of Reference of the PC-OC
  • Resolution CM/Res(2011)24 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods
  • The Rabat Memorandum on Good Practices for Effective Counterterrorism Practice in the Criminal Justice Sector
  • The Hague-Marrakech Memorandum on Good practices for a More Effective Response to the FTF Phenomenon
  • Recommendations for Using and Promoting Intelligence Information in Rule of Law Based, Criminal-Justice Sector-Led Investigations and Prosecutions
  • T-CY assessment report: The mutual legal assistance provisions of the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime (Please note this document is 216 pages long)
  • Reports of the workshops of the special session on extradition:
    PC-OC (2014)07
  • Project on effective tools to facilitate judicial cooperation in criminal matters:
    DG-HL (2010)6
  • Special session on the transfer of sentenced persons:
    PC-OC(2013)15Bil
  • Summary of replies received to the questionnaire on the implementation of the Convention on the transfer of sentenced persons and its Additional Protocol:
    PC-OC (2013)10 ADD rev2
  • Summary of Answers to the Questionnaire on the Interrelationship of the Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (ETS 112) and the Convention on the Supervision of Conditionally Sentenced or Conditionally Released Offenders (ETS 51), in particular the possible more extensive use of ETS 51:
    PC-OC (2003)07rev.