Academy of European Law: Annual Conference on EU Criminal Justice 2012
Academy of european law
ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON EU CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2012
. INSTITUTIONAL UPDATE: NEW ROLE OF THE ECJ
. DEFENCE AND VICTIMS' RIGHTS
. NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS
Trier, 11-12 October 2012
Objective: The objective of this annual conference, sponsored by the Criminal Justice Programme of the European Commission, is to facilitate the exchange of experiences and ideas among legal practitioners on current developments and future initiatives in the field of EU criminal justice.
Key topics:
. Update on current and forthcoming developments (including the post-2014 perspective for the Court of Justice of the EU in criminal justice)
. The way ahead for the rights of the defence
. Strengthening victims' rights
. The increasing impact of new technologies and social networks in EU criminal justice
Languages: English, French and German (with simultaneous interpretation)
Organiser: Laviero Buono, ERA
With financial support from the Criminal Justice Programme of the European Union (European Commission - Directorate-General Justice)
Event number: 312DT25
Registration fee: ? 400
. ERA will reimburse the travel expenses after the event on presentation of the original receipts up to a max. of 400 EUR
. ERA will book and pay accommodation for two nights.
. Please note that the number of places available for participants is limited to 50. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis
Further information and online registration
Speakers:
Vincent Asselineau, Partner, Farthouat, Asselineau & Associés, Paris
Laviero Buono, Head of Section for European Criminal Law, ERA, Trier
Sławomir Buczma, Judge, Judicial Assistance and European Law Department, Ministry of Justice, Warsaw
Antoine Cahen, Head of Unit, Secretariat of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), European Parliament, Brussels
Vincent Cambier, Head of Criminal Records, Directorate General for Judicial Organisation, Ministry of Justice, Brussels
Marco Gercke, Professor of Criminal Law, University of Cologne, Director, Cybercrime Research Institute, Cologne
Alexandra Jour-Schröder, Head of Unit, Criminal Law, DG Justice, European Commission, Brussels
Urszula Aurelia Karkowska, Legal Officer, DG Justice, European Commission, Brussels
Steven Kay, QC, Defence Lawyer, Founder Member of The International Criminal Law Bureau, London
Justin Louman, Prosecutor, Cybercrime and Lawful Interception Unit, Prosecutor's Office, Amsterdam
David McKenna, President Victim Support Europe (VSE), Chief Executive, Victim Support Scotland, Edinburgh
Hans Nilsson, Head of Unit, Fundamental Rights and Criminal Justice, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union, Brussels
Professor Joachim Vogel, Chair of the European Economic Criminal Law Department, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich
For more information, please visit our web site at www.era.int