Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE), which was established as a consultative body to the Committee of Ministers of Council of Europe (CoE) in 2005 in order to collect information about the functioning of prosecution services in Europe, to carry out studies on the role of public prosecution in the criminal justice system and has in particular the task to prepare opinions for the Committee of Ministers on issues related to the prosecution service, held its 17th Plenary Meeting on 3-4 October 2022 in Strasbourg/France.

On behalf of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors (CJP), Mr. Onur USTALİ, Rapporteur Judge of the Foreign Relations and Project Bureau attended the meeting which is held in participation with the CoE Members and Observer States together with certain international organizations.

At the meeting the participants worked on the Draft Report entitled “The Role of Prosecutors in the Protection of Environment” as previously prepared by the Working Group. Following this study, Opinion No. 17 of the CCPE was put into final form.

Meanwhile, the new president, the vice-president and the bureau and working group members were elected to replace those whose term expired.

Mr.Onur USTALİ, Rapporteur Judge of the Foreign Relations and Project Bureau of the CJP, was selected as a member to the Working Group which is responsible and authorized for preparing the 2023 Draft Opinion to be taken as a basis to the Opinion No. 18 of the CCPE.

Following the presentations delivered on the last day, The Plenary ended with closing remarks and thank-you speeches, and a briefing about the calendar and schedule decided for 2023.