Monday
Sep012025

ECLA(UK) 2024 Annual General was held online on Monday 9th December 2024. The President's report is available here 

Other News

Forthcoming Criminal Law events organised by the Academy of European Law here 

The ECLAN Summer School was held in Brussels (and online) between 30 June to 4 July 2025. The program is available here.

ECLAN 2025 Annual Conference on "The Presumption of Innocence: Modern Trends and Contemporary Challenges", took place at the University of Latvia in Riga on 15-16 May 2025. Copies of the presentations are available on the conference website here 

Now Available the latest edition of EUCRIM here

 Published by one of our members: The Idea of a Chinese Arrest Warrant by Yahon Yin on the Publications page here with reviews

The China Quarterly by Yu Mou

 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/abs/idea-of-a-china-arrest-warrant-surrender-of-fugitive-offenders-between-mainland-china-hong-kong-and-macau-yanhong-yin-hong-kong-hong-kong-university-press-2025-237-pp-hk49500-hbk-isbn-9789888876839/A09797503A0B7B500DCFFCA724D592FB

New Journal of European Criminal Law by Raquel Cardoso

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20322844251349503

Hong Kong Law Journal by Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque

https://web.law.hku.hk/hklj/2025-Vol-55.php#part2

Germany’s draft Bill on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters – see Thomas Wahl’s article on Eucrim (https://eucrim.eu/news/draft-bill-for-new-german-law-on-international-cooperation-in-criminal-matters/)

EPPO’s Operational Activities April – June 2024 by  Cornelia Riehle LL.M. ( see https://eucrim.eu/news/eppos-operational-activities-april-june-2024/ )

On 30 April 2024, Directive (EU) 2024/1203 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on the protection of the environment through criminal law was published in the Official Journal of the EU. The Directive establishes updated minimum EU-wide standards for the definition of environmental criminal offences and penalties.

ECJ Rules in the EncroChat case  https://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=C-670/22. See also Thomas Wahl’s comments on EUCRIM website https://eucrim.eu/news/ecj-ruled-in-encrochat-case/

In Case C‑202/24 [Alchaster] the CJEU considered the extent to which the UK continues to benefit from the presumption of mutual recognition in criminal matters. The judgment can be found here.

Monday
Apr282025

Procedural rights in criminal proceedings under the EU

Online seminar on 17th June 2025 between 17:00-18:30 BST

Attendance is free but registration is required here 

For further details please view the flyer here 

The recording for those who attended is available here 

Powerpoint of Treatment of the Directives in ECtHR case Law by Alex Tinsley

Estella Baker: The EU Procedural Rights Directives – Evolution, Scope, and Judicial Interpretation

Monday
Mar242025

Mutual Recognition of Extradition Decisions?

Online April 22 17:30-19:00 

Our speakers gave an interesting presentation on recent cases in the EU and shared the following:

The Second Life of the European Arrest Warrant: An Analysis of the Protective Potential of Mutual Recognition against Extradition to Third States | Transnational Criminal Law Review

 

ECBA Statement on mutual recognition of extradition decisions - June 2022

A recording will be available to those who attended (and to members on request to the Hon Secretary)

Saturday
Feb222025

Safeguards in Extradition - Online 1-2pm Tuesday March 25th

The flyer for the event is available here 

The seminar will consider the safeguards in the extradition process including the potential resurrection of the political offence bar, surrender between mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau and extradition for extra-territorial offences in light of the recent Supreme Court decision in EL-Khouri.

In the Chair ; Anand Doobay and Speakers Dr Paul Arnell, Robert Gordon University and 

Dr Yanhong Yin

A recording is now available to those who attended here 

Saturday
Feb012025

New Edition of Eucrim available 

Available here

Thursday
Jan092025

Implementation of Part Three of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Online event on Tuesday February 4th, 2025, 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Attendance is free but you will need to register here

https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5f3f213a-8975-4b33-a1b3-bd9f56eb354c@7250d88b-4b68-4529-be44-d59a2d8a6f94 

More details are available here