And a seminar about justice... in 2013...

Car l'âne parle de tout... Son grand-père était un homme de loi.

Target group
This interactive seminar is specially designed for national judges, prosecutors, investigators, legal advisors from national central authorities, and is also useful for lawyers representing defendants in criminal cases.

Description
This seminar provides an overview on the current state of judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the European Union. It will focus on the process of gradual transition from the classical mutual legal assistance regime (MLA) towards the mutual recognition instruments (MR) and the recent developments in the legislation and judicial practice, regarding cross-border gathering, transmission and admissibility of evidence. Specific sessions will be dedicated to the European Arrest Warrant, European Evidence Warrant, Assets recovery, and ECRIS. The role of the Court of Justice of the European Union as well as the role of the EU judicial bodies, agencies and networks (EUROPOL, EUROJUST, EJN, OLAF, FRONTEX, SIRENE, ARO) in supporting cooperation in criminal matters and how they interact with other regional and national judicial structures are also presented and discussed. The seminar aims at a comparative approach to the jurisdictional system that both the EU and EU Member States have put in place for the judicial enforcement of EU criminal law. Participants will be shown that this enforcement corresponds to two complementary systems:
• the European Courts, EU judicial agencies, EU minimum procedural standards; and
• the national Courts, prosecution, legislation regulating judicial cooperation.
Additionally, the seminar will provide participants with information on the latest EU policy developments in this area.

Learning methodology
The methodology will consist of a combination of presentations, discussions, practical examples and case studies, so that participants can derive as much as possible from the complementary practical experience of the facilitators. Some session(s) will include completing formulas online.
Participants will have the opportunity to follow the entire two-day seminar or to follow only one day.

Objectives
The overall objective of this workshop is to enhance the national judicial capacity through the understanding and use of the legal principles, diverse instruments, enforcement procedures and various substantive areas, which are part of the EU legal system, and to encourage cooperation with judicial authorities from different Member States of the European Union, as well as from candidates and potential candidates countries.
Monday 15 April 2013

Welcome and introduction to the seminar
Constantin Virgil Ivan-Cucu, Senior Lecturer and Project Leader , EIPA, Luxembourg

Mutual Assistance and Mutual Recognition the Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters
Petra Jeney, Seconded National Expert and Senior Lecturer, EIPA, Luxembourg

The 2000 Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
Constantin Virgil Ivan-Cucu

Lunch

Mutual Recognition Instruments in the Field of Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters
Constantin Virgil Ivan-Cucu

The Experience of Joint Investigation Teams.
The Role of National and EU agencies
Virgil Ivan-Cucu

The 2000 Mutual Assistance Convention –Case study
Amélie Leclercq and Constantin Virgil Ivan-Cucu

Tuesday 16 April 2013

The Role of Eurojust and the European Judicial Network – and the links established with the National Criminal Justice Systems
Speaker from Eurojust

The Role of Eurojust in Investigating Cross Border Crime
Speaker from Eurojust

Lunch

ECRIS - European Criminal Records Information System
Amélie Leclercq
...et sur la cybercriminalité...


The Role of the EUROPOL in Supporting Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters
Speaker from Europol

Group Discussion on the Functions of EU Bodies and Agencies in the Area of Judicial Cooperation
With Eurojust and Europol speakers, Amélie Leclerq and Constantin Virgil Ivan-Cucu

End of seminar
Seminar Venue
European Centre for Judges and Lawyers
EIPA Luxembourg
Bâtiment de la Chambre des Métiers
2, Circuit de la Foire Internationale
LU-1347 Luxembourg

Cancellation policy
EIPA reserves the right to cancel the seminar up to two weeks before the seminar starting date. In that case, received registration fees will be fully reimbursed. EIPA accepts no responsibility for any costs incurred (travel, accommodation, etc.).
For administrative reasons, a fee of €150 will be charged for cancellations received after 18 March 2013. There is no charge for qualified substitute participants.
The mention of a speaker's name in the programme does not commit EIPA. In the event that an announced speaker does not appear, EIPA will do its utmost to find a suitable replacement.
For EIPA's cancellation policy, please visit our website.

Judicial Cooperation in Criminal matters
Publications

Enlarging the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Cláudia Faria (ed.)
Published: 2004
Printed Price: 28 €

http://www.eipa.nl/

http://www.europol.europa.eu/

http://eurojust.europa.eu/Pages/home.aspx

http://www.francopol.org/

http://www.francopol.org/liens/