<p> 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 </p><p>Libby McVeigh, Legal & Policy Director, Fair Trials (Chair)</p><p> Where we are now with procedural rights and what may come next </p><p>Ms Bärbel Heinkelmann (Criminal Procedure Unit, European Commission)</p><p> Panel – Migration meets criminal justice in the European Union</p><p>Ms Júlia Iván, Hungarian Helsinki Committee (LEAP, Hungary); Ms Vanja Bakalovi</p><p>, Centre for Peace Studies (Croatia); Mr Alessio Scandurra, Antigone (LEAP, Italy).</p><p>16.00-16.30 Coffee 16.30-18.00 Break-out groups  A – Procedural rights (legal aid)</p><p> B – Vulnerable suspects </p><p> 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</p><p>Alex Tinsley, LEAP Coordinator (Chair)</p><p> The practitioner’s perspective </p><p>Mr Udo Krause, Defence Counsel in the first CJEU case on the Directives</p><p> The Prosecutor’s perspective Dr Katalin Hipp, Head of Section, Department of Criminal Court Cases, Metropolitan Chief Prosecution Office, Budapest</p><p> The Ombudsman’s perspective</p><p>Dr Adam Bodnar, Human Rights Commissioner of the Republic of Poland</p><p> The Judge’s perspective</p><p>Dr Tamás Matusik, Judge, Head of the Investigating Judge Department, Central District Court of Buda, Budapest</p><p>11.00-11.15 Coffee 11.15-12.30 Break-out groups  D – Roadmap rights</p><p> E – Detention & detainees’ rights </p><p> F – Cross-border focus 13.00-13.30 Reporting back</p><p>13.30-14.30 Lunch</p><p>III – Current criminal defence challenges in the EU</p><p>14.30-15.30 Plenary session  Introduction</p><p>Alex Tinsley & Libby McVeigh (Chairs)</p><p> Plea bargaining case-law of the ECtHR </p><p>Mr Kirill Koroteev, Memorial & European Human Rights Advocacy Centre (Russia)</p><p> Remedies for procedural violations under in the case-law of the ECHR</p><p>Ms Zdravka Kalaydjieva, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights 2008-15</p><p> Secret / intelligence / torture evidence in criminal proceedings</p><p>Mr Christophe Marchand, LEAP Advisory Board (Belgium) 15.30-16.00 Coffee 16.00-17.30 Break-out groups  H – Plea bargaining </p><p> I – Judicial remedies </p><p> J – Evidence 17.30-18.00 Reporting back 18.00-18.15 Concluding remarks 19.30 Dinner (at the hotel)</p>