Ambassador Alexandra Djurovic, in the presence of Gabriella Bataini-Dragoni, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, signed the Council of Europe Convention on counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health, adopted in Moscow, on the 28th of October 2011, commonly known as Medicrime Convention.

The Convention was signed at the Palace of Europe in Strasbourg, on the 2nd of September 2019, as a part of the “Treaty week” ceremony, organized as a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Council of Europe. So far, 32 States have signed the Convention, including the Republic of Serbia, with 16 States having already completed the ratification procedure.

The aim of the Convention is to reduce the risk to human health by establishing a legal framework for cooperation around the world in the fight against counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes.