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GRECO Newsletter (III) April 2018
Marin Mrčela, President of GRECO
President's first statements of the year
GRECO's President addressed the Seminar organised by the European Court of Human Rights on the occasion of the Opening of the Judicial Year, 26 January 2018. See full text of his speech.
He also opened on 12 January a Conference at the University of Basel on “Arbitration and Crime”. See full text of his speech.
Ad-Hoc report on judicial reforms | POLAND
EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES (Rule 34)

Amendments passed late last year related to Poland’s judiciary, including to laws on the National Council of the Judiciary (LNCJ), on the Supreme Court (LSC) and to the Law on Ordinary Courts, do not comply with Council of Europe anti-corruption standards.
Ad-Hoc report on judicial reforms | ROMANIA
EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES (Rule 34)

GRECO has serious concerns about certain aspects of laws on the status of judges and prosecutors, on the judicial organisation and on the Superior Council of Magistracy recently adopted by Parliament as well as on draft amendments to the criminal legislation.
GRECO 79
Strasbourg, 19-23 March 2018

The decisions GRECO took at its 79th Plenary Meeting cover the adoption of a series of evaluation/compliance reports and much more.
FIFA, UEFA and GRECO
24/01/2018

The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly asks FIFA and UEFA to take GRECO expertise into account to strengthen their governance and integrity framework – text here.
"Our battle against political corruption must be relentless"
declared the new President of the Parliament Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Reports on Belarus : GRECO calls again for their publication
At its last plenary meeting, GRECO reiterated its concern about the refusal of Belarus to authorise the publication of all the reports addressed to it by GRECO since June 2012 (Joint First and Second Round Evaluation Report, Compliance Report, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Interim Compliance Reports, and Third Round Evaluation Report).
Latest public GRECO reports
Third, Fourth and Fifth Evaluation Rounds

 
World Forum for Democracy
calls for initiatives that can present activity aimed at a balanced participation and representation of men and women in public political spaces, public institutions, among elected officials and the economy.
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Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023
Gender Equality Strategy 2018-2023 was formally adopted by the Committee of Ministers of the Copuncil of Europe.
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