Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings in the EU
13 - 14 September 2018• Utrecht
13 September Venue: Academiegebouw, Dom Square, Utrecht
13:30 - 13: 50 - Welcome Speeches 13:50 - 14:30 - Keynote speech
John A.E. Vervaele (Utrecht University)
14:30-15:30 - Session 1
EU competences in the area of rights in criminal proceedings
Jannemieke Ouwerkerk (University of Leiden) Tamás Lukácsi (European Parliament)
15:30 - 16:00 - Coff ee Break
16:00- 17:00 - Session 2
The impact of the EU legal framework in the national context
André Klip (University of Maastricht) Elpiniki Kolokatsi (Criminal defence lawyer, Amersfoort)
Audience Discussion
17:00 - 18:00 - Session 3
Procedural rights in the cross-border context
Michiel Luchtman (Utrecht University) Frank Meyer (University of Zurich)
Audience Discussion
19:00 - Dinner 14 September 2018 Venue: Ins tuto Cervantes, Utrecht, Dom Square
9:00 - 10:30 - Parallel working groups I
Group 1: EU competences in the area of procedural rights in criminal proceedings
Chair: Jannemieke Ouwerkerk (University of Leiden) Presentations: • Leandro Mancano (Edinburgh Law School) - Detainees’ Rights and Criminal Procedure. The case for Approximation in European Union Law • Jacopo Della Torre (University of Trieste) - Negotiated criminal justice and EU directives on procedural rights of suspected and arrested persons • Gaëtan Cliquennois (University of Strasbourg) - Access to justice for detainees in the EU
Feedback and audience discussion Group 2: The impact of the EU legal framework in the national context
Chair: André Klip (University of Maastricht)
Presentations:
• Ante Novokmet (University of Osijek) - Europeanization of the criminal pro- ceedings in the Republic of Croatia through the implementation of the Directive 2013/48/EU • Willem Geelhoed (University of Groningen) - The right to information about the accusation: enabling the defendant’s full participation? • Chara Chioni-Chotouman (University of Athens) - Unimplemented and Poorly Implemented Directives on Procedural Rights in Criminal Proceedings: Reality, the Options of the Defence, and the Need for Further Initiative
Feedback and audience discussion
Group 3: Procedural rights in the cross-border context Chair: Michiel Luchtman (Utrecht University)
Presentations: • Ryuya Daidouji (Waseda University, Japan) - How do courts look into another state? Information and mutual trust in practice • Stanislaw Tosza (Utrecht University) - Cross-border access to electronic evidence - paradigm shift in transnational cooperation and protection of aff ected persons’ rights • Francesca Galli (European University Institute) - Data beyond suspicion. How interoperability redefi nes boundaries in the EU AFSJ
Feedback and audience discussion
10:30 - 11:00 Coff ee Break 11:00 - 12:30 Parallel working groups II
Group 1: EU competences in the area of procedural rights in criminal proceedings
Chair: Adriano Martufi (University of Leiden) Presentations: • Anna Pivaty and Anneli Soo (University of Maastricht) - What limits to harmo- nising criminal procedural law: example of access to the case fi le at the early stages of criminal proceedings (Arts 7(1) and (3) Directive on the right to information • Jacob Öberg (Örebro University) - Mutual recognition as a constraint to EU legislative activity in the fi eld of criminal procedure
Feedback and audience discussion
Group 2: The impact of the EU legal framework in the national context
Chair: Christina Peristeridou (University of Maastricht) Presentations:
• Mihály Egon Budai (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) - Victims’ Rights: A Hungarian Case Study of Compliance with Directive 2012/29/EU. • Cláudia Nabais (Portuguese Association for Victim Support) - The Right To Be Informed – Considerations About The Impact Of The Victims Rights Directive in National Context
Feedback and audience discussion
Group 3: Procedural rights in the cross-border context Chair: András Csúri (Utrecht University)
Presentations: • Alejandro Hernández (University of Valladolid) - Procedural safeguards of suspect and accused persons in transnational criminal proceedings • Joske Graat (Utrecht University) - Legal protection in cross-border coopera- tion: remaining gaps?
Feedback and audience discussion
13:00 - Lunch and Farewell