LEAP Annual Conference 5-6 February 2016

LEAP Annual Conference 5-6 February 2016 Danubius Health Spa Resort Margitsziget, Budapest (map) CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Friday 5 February 13:00-14:00 Lunch, arrival & registration 14.00-14.15 Welcome & introduction Jago Russell, Chief Executive, Fair Trials I – Brussels update & Europe focus 14.15-16.00 Plenary session  How LEAP influences EU law-making

Libby McVeigh, Legal & Policy Director, Fair Trials (Chair)

 Where we are now with procedural rights and what may come next

Ms Bärbel Heinkelmann (Criminal Procedure Unit, European Commission)

 Panel – Migration meets criminal justice in the European Union

Ms Júlia Iván, Hungarian Helsinki Committee (LEAP, Hungary); Ms Vanja Bakalovi

, Centre for Peace Studies (Croatia); Mr Alessio Scandurra, Antigone (LEAP, Italy).

16.00-16.30 Coffee 16.30-18.00 Break-out groups  A – Procedural rights (legal aid)

 B – Vulnerable suspects

 C – Refugees, asylum seekers and criminal justice 18:00-18:30 Groups report back, discussion, overview of the next day 19.30 Optional group jog around the island (5k) Saturday 6 February II – Applying EU law in practice 09.00-11.00 Plenary session  LEAP’s role in litigation

Alex Tinsley, LEAP Coordinator (Chair)

 The practitioner’s perspective

Mr Udo Krause, Defence Counsel in the first CJEU case on the Directives

 The Prosecutor’s perspective Dr Katalin Hipp, Head of Section, Department of Criminal Court Cases, Metropolitan Chief Prosecution Office, Budapest

 The Ombudsman’s perspective

Dr Adam Bodnar, Human Rights Commissioner of the Republic of Poland

 The Judge’s perspective

Dr Tamás Matusik, Judge, Head of the Investigating Judge Department, Central District Court of Buda, Budapest

11.00-11.15 Coffee 11.15-12.30 Break-out groups  D – Roadmap rights

 E – Detention & detainees’ rights

 F – Cross-border focus 13.00-13.30 Reporting back

13.30-14.30 Lunch

III – Current criminal defence challenges in the EU

14.30-15.30 Plenary session  Introduction

Alex Tinsley & Libby McVeigh (Chairs)

 Plea bargaining case-law of the ECtHR

Mr Kirill Koroteev, Memorial & European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (Russia)

 Remedies for procedural violations under in the case-law of the ECHR

Ms Zdravka Kalaydjieva, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights 2008-15

 Secret / intelligence / torture evidence in criminal proceedings

Mr Christophe Marchand, LEAP Advisory Board (Belgium) 15.30-16.00 Coffee 16.00-17.30 Break-out groups  H – Plea bargaining

 I – Judicial remedies

 J – Evidence 17.30-18.00 Reporting back 18.00-18.15 Concluding remarks 19.30 Dinner (at the hotel)