Objective
This course will introduce legal practitioners to practical aspects of European criminal justice.
Key topics
- Settled with the Lisbon Treaty – the institutional framework of European criminal justice since 1 December 2014
- Consolidate, codify, complement – guidelines for European criminal law under the current Commission
- The competence and jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union in criminal matters
- Tools for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters
- Instruments for mutual recognition in criminal matters in the EU: the European Arrest Warrant, the European Investigation Order, freezing and confiscation orders, detention measures, etc.
- The role and tasks of Eurojust, the European Judicial Network, and the planned European Public Prosecutor’s Office
- EU legislation regarding serious cross-border crime such as trafficking in human beings, terrorism and cybercrime
- Police cooperation in the EU and the work of Europol
- Procedural safeguards and defence rights: the new Directives on the rights to interpretation and translation, the right to information and access to a lawyer, and the question on legal aid
- Victims’ rights in the EU: the new Directive establishing minimum standards and the European Protection Order
- The new Data Protection Directive regarding criminal proceedings
Visit to the European Court of Justice
Participants in this summer course will also have the opportunity to attend a hearing at the CJEU in Luxembourg.
Who should attend?
Judges, public prosecutors, defence lawyers, police officers and civil servants seeking an introduction to European criminal justice.
Fees in €:
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EU and ERA patrons
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Young lawyers and other groups
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EYBA members
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Registration
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More details about the fees and discounts
Early registration discounts
10 % before 20.05.2016
20 % before 20.04.2016
Discounts available
25 % - For young lawyers up to 30 years of age (important: the
participant must provide a copy or details of his or her passport or
identity card on registration); Full-time staff of universities or
comparable academic institutions; Staff of charitable organisations or
comparable institutions
40 % - Staff of European Union institutions and agencies;
Staff of ERA’s patrons (Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany and the German states, Greece,
Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United
Kingdom, City of Trier)
40 % - Fellows of the European Law Institute
40 % For members of the European Young Bar Association