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.