The EAW, Pre-trial Detention, Mutual Trust and Legal Assistance



Objective

This seminar, which forms part of a series of five co-funded by the European Union on enhancing cross-border mutual legal assistance and recognition of decisions within the context of detention, will focus on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), ECtHR and CJEU case law in dealing with detention conditions and the application of mutual legal assistance instruments. 

There will be a focus on case law, best practice, mutual trust and recognition of judicial decisions, as well as pre-trial detention, especially within the context of European Arrest Warrant (EAW) proceedings, and its impact on prison and other conditions in the EU Member States.

Key topics

  • Role of the ECHR and case law of the ECtHR and CJEU in dealing with detention conditions and the application of mutual legal assistance instruments
  • Best practice and mutual trust and recognition of judicial decisions
  • Pre-trial detention within the context of EAW proceedings and its impact on prison and other conditions in the EU Member States, alternatives to detention and the use of the EAW, such as the EIO and other digital technology in the justice system, such as videoconferencing,
  • FRA’s online tools to assist judges and other legal practitioners in EAW and other mutual legal assistance instrument decisions: criminal detention in the EU – conditions and monitoring & the European Fundamental Rights Information System (EFRIS)
  • Workshops on mutual recognition instruments, the EAW and tools in assisting judges and other legal practitioners.

Who should attend?

Judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice who are citizens of eligible EU Member States participating in the EU Justice Programme (Denmark does not participate), Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Moldova and Ukraine. *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.