The

Council of Europe The Council of Europe (CoE; french: Conseil de l'Europe, ) is an international organisation founded in the wake of World War II to uphold European Convention on Human Rights, human rights, democracy and the Law in Europe, rule of law in Europe. ...

have been organising Conferences of Ministers of Justice (MJU) on a regular basis since 1961. They constitute an important forum of exchange and coordination of legal policy at the pan-European level. They are one of the best known of the Council of Europe's Conferences of Specialised Ministers. Preparation of these conferences is the joint responsibility of the European Committee on legal co-operation (CDCJ) and the European Committee on Crime Problems (CDPC) The Ministers of Justice usually meet each year. On a year when there is not a formal (numbered) conference, an informal ministerial conference is usually organised. Each conference is devoted to one or more themes.

Past conferences and themes

1st conference, Paris (France), 1961 Draft convention on road traffic offences Draft recommendation on rights of prisoners

Juvenile delinquency Juvenile delinquency, also known as juvenile offending, is the act of participating in unlawful behavior as a minor or individual younger than the statutory age of majority. In the United States of America, a juvenile delinquent is a person ...

Council of Europe activities in the field of criminological research 2nd conference, Rome (Italy), 1962 Draft convention on supervision on conditionally released offenders Exchange of information on bills relating to penal and prison matters

Harmonisation of penal provisions of concern of the Rome treaty Studies on the international validity of penal sentences European Convention on Human Rights Draft uniform law on arbitration 3rd conference, Dublin (Ireland), 1964 Measures to promote the comparative study of laws Information on foreign law The uniform interpretation of European treaties State immunity After care for conditionally sentenced or conditionally released offenders 4th conference, Berlin (Germany), 1966 Law reform Exchange of young lawyers Prevention of new divergencies between the laws of member States Standardisation of judicial documents Short term treatment of offenders Improving the efficacy of legal instruments for crime control at international level 5th conference, London (United Kingdom), 1968 6th conference, The Hague (Netherlands), 1970 7th conference, Basel (Switzerland), 1972 8th conference,

Lidingö Lidingö, also known in its definite form ''Lidingön'' and as ''Lidingölandet'', is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2010, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 31,561. It is ...

, (Sweden), 1973 9th conference, Vienna (Austria), 1974 1975, informal conference,

Obernai Obernai ( Alsatian: ''Owernah''; german: Oberehnheim) commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France. It lies on the eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains. Obernai is a rapidly growing city, its number of inhabitants havin ...

(France) 10th conference, Brussels (Belgium), 1976 Current and future developments in family law Alternative measures to imprisonment Mass media legislation in member States Measures to combat new forms of concerted acts of violence 11th conference, Copenhagen (Denmark), 1978 Problems posed by prisoners of foreign nationality Access to justice How can modern administration meet the needs of the citizen The

death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

Forfeiture of rights in penal law 1979, informal conference,

Aix-la-Chapelle Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

(France) 12th conference, Luxembourg, 1980 1981, informal conference, Montreux (Switzerland) 13th conference, Athens (Greece), 1982 1983, informal conference Rome (Italy) 14th conference, Madrid (Spain), 1984 1985, informal conference, Edinburgh (United Kingdom) 15th Conference : Oslo (Norway), 1986 1987, informal conference, Helsinki (Finland) 16th Conference :

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

(Portugal), 1988

Criminal law Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law i ...

and criminological questions raised by the propagation of infectious diseases, including

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

The supremacy of the interests of the child in the field of

private law Private law is that part of a civil law legal system which is part of the ''jus commune'' that involves relationships between individuals, such as the law of contracts and torts (as it is called in the common law), and the law of obligations ( ...

Sexual exploitation,

pornography Pornography (often shortened to porn or porno) is the portrayal of sexual subject matter for the exclusive purpose of sexual arousal. Primarily intended for adults,

and

prostitution Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in Sex work, sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, n ...

of and trafficking in children and young women Elaboration of a draft convention on interstate cooperation in the penal field Improving the implementation of Council of Europe conventions in the field of private law 1989, informal conference, The Hague (Netherlands) Legal problems in connection with modern payment systems 17th conference : Istanbul (Turkey), 1990 Protection of the environment through criminal law The legal heritage of the Council of Europe : its role in reinforcing links with the countries of Eastern Europe 1991, informal conference,

Ottawa Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

(Canada)

Sentencing In law, a sentence is the punishment for a crime ordered by a trial court after conviction in a criminal procedure, normally at the conclusion of a trial. A sentence may consist of imprisonment, a fine, or other sanctions. Sentences for mult ...

18th Conference :

Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...

(Cyprus), 1992

Rule of law The rule of law is the political philosophy that all citizens and institutions within a country, state, or community are accountable to the same laws, including lawmakers and leaders. The rule of law is defined in the ''Encyclopedia Britannica ...

Criminal aspects of the

market economy A market economy is an economic system in which the decisions regarding investment, production and distribution to the consumers are guided by the price signals created by the forces of supply and demand, where all suppliers and consumers ...

The draft Convention on civil liability for damage resulting from activities dangerous to the environment 1993, informal conference, Lugano (Switzerland) Protection of minorities 19th Conference, 14–15 June 1994, Valletta (Malta)

Corruption Corruption is a form of dishonesty or a criminal offense which is undertaken by a person or an organization which is entrusted in a position of authority, in order to acquire illicit benefits or abuse power for one's personal gain. Corruption m ...

1995, informal conference, Bucharest (Romania) 20th Conference, 11–12 June 1996, Budapest (Hungary) Efficiency and fairness of civil, criminal and administrative justice 21st Conference, 10–11 June 1997, Prague (Czech Republic) 22nd Conference, 17–18 June 1999, Chişinău (Moldova) 23rd Conference, 8–9 June 2000, London (United Kingdom) 24th Conference, 4–5 October 2001, Moscow (Russian Federation) 25th Conference, 9–10 October 2003, Sofia (Bulgaria) 26th Conference, 7–8 April 2005, Helsinki (Finland) 27th Conference, 12–13 October 2006, Yerevan (Armenia) Victims: place, rights and assistance 28th Conference, 25–26 October 2007,

Lanzarote Lanzarote (, , ) is a Spanish island, the easternmost of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. It is located approximately off the north coast of Africa and from the Iberian Peninsula. Covering , Lanzarote is the fourth-largest of the i ...

(Spain) Emerging issues of access to justice for vulnerable groups, in particular: -

migrants Migrant may refer to: Human migration *Human migration *Emigration, leaving one's resident country with the intent to settle elsewhere *Immigration, movement into a country with the intent to settle * Economic migrant, someone who emigrates from o ...

and

asylum seekers An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country and applies for asylum (i.e., international protection) in that other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who has been forcibly displaced and mi ...

; - and children, including children as perpetrators of crime" 29th Conference, 17–19 June 2009, Tromsø (Norway) Breaking the silence – united against domestic violence 30th Conference, 24–26 November 2010, Istanbul (Turkey)
Resolution no.1 on a modern, transparent and efficient justice

Documentation

The report for 1 was published as CEPC(61)16. The report for 2 was published without reference. Reports for 3 to 11 and the Obernai conference were published in the "CMJ" series of documents. Reports from the 12 onwards and reports for informal conferences since 1981 have been published in the "MJU" series of documents. No report was published for the 1979 conference. The report of the 19th conference has also been published as a paying publication.

References

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