MINISTERS’ DEPUTIES

Decisions

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363

13 December 2019

1363rd meeting, 11 December 2019

 

Decisions adopted

 

List of those present

Introduction

1.

General questions

1.1

Adoption of the agenda

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.1, CM/Del/OJ(2019)1363

1.2

Preparation of forthcoming meetings

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.2, CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.2-app1, CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.2-app2

1.3

Dialogue with the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary General

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.3

1.4

Report of the Bureau

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.4

1.5

Communication by the Committee of Ministers’ Presidency

No decision

1.6

Conferences of specialised ministers – State of preparation

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.6

1.7

Exchange of views with Ms Anna Rurka, President of the Conference of INGOs

No decision

1.8

70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.8

1.9

Complementary procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/1.9

2.

Current political questions

Statement by the Representative of Norway
Statement by the Representative of Switzerland
Statement by the Representative of the European Union

No decision

2.1

The Council of Europe and the conflict in Georgia

No decision

2.2

Situation in Cyprus

No decision

2.3

Policy of the Council of Europe towards neighbouring regions

a. Neighbourhood Co-operation Priorities for Kyrgyz Republic (2015-2017, extended until 2019)

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/2.3a

b. Neighbourhood Co-operation Priorities with Palestine[1] (2016-2019)

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/2.3b

2.4

Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the OSCE – 30th meeting of the Co-ordination Group between the Council of Europe and the OSCE (Vienna, 15 November 2019) – Follow-up

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/2.4

2.5

“Establishment of a European Union mechanism on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights” – Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2151 (2019)

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/2.5, CM/AS(2019)Rec2151-final

2.6

“Revision of the Congress Charter: proposals for a sustainable future” – Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Recommendation 425 (2018)

Item postponed

4.

Human rights

H46-1

Supervision of execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights –
Adoption of final resolutions

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/H46-1

4.1

European Social Charter

a. Follow-up to the decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) in the context of the collective complaints procedure – European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC) v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 151/2017

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/4.1a, CM/ResChS(2019)8

b. Follow-up to the decisions of the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR) in the context of the collective complaints procedure – Equal Rights Trust v. Bulgaria, Complaint No. 121/2016

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/4.1b, CM/ResChS(2019)9

c. Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) – Follow-up to the CDDH report identifying good practices and making proposals with a view to improving the implementation of social rights in Europe

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/4.1c

4.2

Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)

a. Abridged report of the 92nd meeting (Strasbourg, 26-29 November 2019)

Sub-item a. postponed

b. Report “Contribution to the evaluation foreseen by the Interlaken Declaration

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/4.2b

c. Continuation of the ad hoc terms of reference for the CDDH to finalise the legal instruments setting out the modalities of accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/4.2c

4.3

Supervision of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights –
Proposal for an informal thematic debate in 2020

Item postponed

4.4

Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities –
Strengthening the monitoring mechanism

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/4.4, CM/Res(2019)49

6.

Social cohesion

6.1

European Social Cohesion Platform (PECS)

a. Abridged report of the 4th meeting (Rome, 10-11 October 2019)

b. Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on addressing child poverty

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/6.1, Decl(11/12/2019)

6.2

Thematic Action Plan on the inclusion of Roma and Travellers[2] (2016-2019) – Final report

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/6.2

6.3

Strategic Action Plan for Roma and Traveller inclusion (2020-2025)

Item postponed

6.4

Council of Europe Strategy for the Rights of the Child (2016-2021) –
Ad hoc Committee for the Rights of the Child (CAHENF) –
Recommendation CM/Rec(2019)11 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on effective guardianship for unaccompanied and separated children in the context of migration

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/6.4, CM/Rec(2019)11

6.5

“Ending violence against children: a Council of Europe contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals” – Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2159 (2019)

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/6.5, CM/AS(2019)Rec2159-final

6.6

“Stop violence against, and exploitation of, migrant children” –
Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2160 (2019)

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/6.6, CM/AS(2019)Rec2160-final

8.

Youth and sport

8.1

Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card –
Appointment of eight governmental members of the Board of Co-ordination

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/8.1


10.

Legal questions

10.1

European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages

a. Election of a member of the Committee of Experts in respect of the Slovak Republic

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.1a

b. Seventh report of the Committee of Experts in respect of Switzerland

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.1b, CM/RecChL(2019)6

c. Election of a member of the Committee of Experts in respect of Spain

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.1c

d. Fifth report of the Committee of Experts in respect of Spain

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.1d, CM/RecChL(2019)7

10.2

Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) –
Abridged report of the 58th meeting (Strasbourg, 26-27 September 2019)

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.2

10.3

Convention on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185)

a. Request by Brazil to be invited to accede

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.3a

b. Request by Burkina Faso to be invited to accede

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.3b

10.4

European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (ETS No. 30) –
Request by Mongolia to be invited to accede

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.4

10.5

Protocol amending the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (CETS No. 223) – Elsinore Ministerial Session Follow-up –
Information on the state of play by the Chair of the GR-J

No decision

10.6

“Laundromats: responding to new challenges in the international fight against organised crime, corruption and money laundering” – Parliamentary Assembly Recommendation 2154 (2019)

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/10.6, CM/AS(2019)Rec2154-final

11.

Programme, Budget and Administration

11.1

Appointment of members and alternate members of the Budget Committee for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2022

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/11.1

12.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

12.1

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe –
37th Plenary Session of the Congress (Strasbourg, 29-31 October 2018) – Adopted texts

CM/Del/Dec(2019)1363/12.1


13.

Other business

13.1

Statement by the Representative of the Holy See

No decision



[1] This designation shall not be construed as recognition of a State of Palestine and is without prejudice to the individual positions of Council of Europe member states on this issue.

[2] The term “Roma and Travellers” is used at the Council of Europe to encompass the wide diversity of the groups covered by the work of the Council of Europe in this field: on the one hand a) Roma, Sinti/Manush, Calé, Kaale, Romanichals, Boyash/Rudari; b) Balkan Egyptians (Egyptians and Ashkali); c) Eastern groups (Dom, Lom and Abdal); and, on the other hand, groups such as Travellers, Yenish, and the populations designated under the administrative term “Gens du voyage”, as well as persons who identify themselves as Gypsies. The present is an explanatory footnote, not a definition of Roma and/or Travellers.