http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20191228-173744-0 https://verfassungsblog.de/an-internal-safety-net-for-the-council-of-europe/ An Internal Safety Net for the Council of Europe? Steininger, Silvia eng 2019-12-28 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Complementary Joint Procedure Council of Europe ECHR Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 By January 2020, a new complementary joint procedure shall be in place to respond to serious violations by a member state of its statutory obligations. However, several open questions remain.