Catalog
Practical impact of the Council of Europe monitoring mechanims (2015)
Practical impact of the Council of Europe monitoring mechanisms in improving respect for human rights and the rule of law in member states
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Part 1: The mechanisms and organs
of protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
The European Convention on Human Rights . . . . . . . . 8
European Social Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
European Convention for the Prevention of
Torture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
European Commission against Racism and
Intolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Council of Europe Convention on Action against
Trafficking in Human Beings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human
Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Group of States against Corruption – GRECO. . . . . . . 14
MONEYVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Part 2: Practical examples of the impact of the
Council of Europe monitoring mechanisms on
member states. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The European Convention on Human Rights. . . . . . . . 17
European Social Charter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
European Convention for the Prevention of
Torture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Framework Convention for the Protection of
National Minorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
European Charter for Regional or Minority
Languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
European Commission against Racism and
Intolerance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Council of Europe Convention on Action against
Trafficking in Human Beings – GRETA. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human
Rights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Group of States against Corruption – GRECO . . . . . . . 53
MONEYVAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58