Practical impact of the Council of Europe monitoring mechanims (2015)

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