Novinky - Justice 2009

The G8 countries traditionally dealt with the issues of terrorism combating and organized crime in particular. This year on 28 - 30 May, they focused also on questions of migration, city security, combating child pornography and cybercrime. The Minister of Justice together with the Minister of Interior Martin Pecina represented the Czech Presidency therein.

The Minister of Justice, together with the delegation of the Council of the Judicial Academy, visited the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. For the members of the Council it was an educational visit in which the Minister participated only partly. It was the first visit of the highest woman representative of the Czech judiciary at this Court ever.

The cooperation of the EU with the Russian Federation in the area of providing legal assistance or child protection was among the topics the Czech Minister of Justice Daniela Kovářová had been discussing with her Russian counterpart in Kaliningrad. On 14 - 15 May the Russia-EU Permanent Partnership Council meeting of ministers on Freedom, Security and Justice was being held there.

The Minister of Justice Jiří Pospíšil with his colleagues from Poland, Slovakia and Hungary concluded a Memorandum on cooperation in the area of information technologies on Thursday 7 May. The Ministers of Justice of the Visegrad Group discussed mutual cooperation in the Polish city of Wroclaw until Saturday.