Dear Readers, The Lisbon Treaty, which entered into force at the end of 2009, mandates the Union to establish a true European area of justice reinforcing mutual trust and enabling mutual recognition of Member States’ judicial decisions. This will require, among other considerations, elements as diverse as the strengthening of Eurojust, the establishment of a European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), the reform of the European Anti Fraud Office (Office Européen de la Lutte Anti-Fraude − OLAF), and common minimum standards in the justice process (such as fair trial rights, fair prison conditions, and rights for victims of crime). At the… Read more

I. Developing new visions and models for the cooperation and integration of the national European criminal law systems in the supra-national European context is one of the most challenging tasks for criminal lawyers in the 21st century. This new challenge is caused by the fact that European integration not only fosters the coalescence of European citizens and economies, but also an increase in trans-national crime. In a close economic community, it is no longer possible to deal with such phenomena of trans-national crime using traditional national criminal law systems, based on judicial decisions which are principally limited to national territory… Read more