Welcome to the website of the European Criminal Law Association - ECLA(UK)
The European Criminal Law Association (ECLA UK) is an unincorporated association of practitioners, academics and others interested in the emerging body of European Criminal law - a body which will not be going away on Brexit day and which many of us will continue to need (or want) to keep an eye on for many years to come. We have been going since 1980 and we intend to continue to study, discuss and provide information on the development of the criminal law in Europe by means of seminars, publications and this website. If you are not a member, you can join simply and cheaply.
Latest News
Next ECLA Seminar Online Tuesday 13 October 2026 at 6pm Sanctions register here
The Consolidated text of the EU Sanctions package updated on 21st September 2026 : Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items (recast) can be found here
Read the Justice Report: Leaving the ECHR would make Britain less safe and weaken UK influence link here
The latest issue of EUCRIM is now available here
EU adopted a new Anti Corruption Directive here and an article on its provisions here
European Commission: Fighting online fraud - action plan. 94 submissions were made in response here
Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences: "Disclosure in the Digital Age" here
EU became a signatory to the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of the Environment through Criminal law on 3rd December 2025 see here for details
EU Rule of Law review 2026 here
The Crime and Policing Bill has now been enacted as the Crime and Police Act 2026 here
Data Policy
Our Data policy can be found with our Constitution but it is very simple. ECLA’s Honorary Secretary and Treasurer keep your name, email and possibly also your address and phone number (culled from your membership application) safely on their own computers and use the data to send out flyers, papers and other information relating to ECLA or other organisations with a similar focus. You can check or change what we hold by contacting either official. The University of Durham currently host our online seminars on teams. These recordings are available to attendees and members usually for a period of up to 6 months. Details of the University of Durham's privacy policy can be found here