1. The Committee of
Ministers has noted with interest Recommendation 1830 (2008) of the Parliamentary Assembly on video surveillance
of public areas. It has drawn the recommendation to member states’
attention and has referred it for consideration and possible comments
to the European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ).
2. The Committee of Ministers attaches great importance to human
rights in the information society and agrees with the Parliamentary
Assembly that there is a need to further consider the principles
and guidelines necessary to balance the public interests involved
with the human rights and freedoms of individuals in a democratic
society.
3. The Committee of Ministers has taken note of the Assembly’s
proposal in paragraph 2 of the recommendation concerning the organisation
of a conference on video surveillance and, in the light of preliminary
comments received from the CDCJ, has transmitted this idea to the
European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) and to the Consultative
Committee of the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard
to Automatic Processing of Personal Data (T-PD) for further consideration.
