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Criminal Law and Human Rights: Recent ECtHR Case Law 

This online seminar will provide legal practitioners with a detailed update on the case law provided by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with relevance for criminal law and criminal procedure. It will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on developments in 2022 and 2023. Read more

Judicial Review of EU Sanctions – Advanced 

This advanced course provides thorough practical insights on the judicial review of the legality of EU sanctions. It equips legal representatives and agents before the EU courts with the most updated know-how to successfully navigate such proceedings. Read more

A Practical Guide to the Infringement Procedure 

How to Respond to Commission Investigations and Avoid Court Cases

This course will offer a professional insight into the infringement procedure, analysing in detail the role of the Commission and the position of the Member States. Hence participants will be able to understand and distinguish the capacities and prerogatives of both actors, determining the different respective administrative and procedural strategies, which they can resort to throughout the procedure. Read more

Recent Trends in the Case Law of the Court of Justice of the EU 

During this annual event we will be reviewing and commenting on a number of key judicial decisions issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) during the past 12 months. These judicial decisions offer a first-time interpretation on certain EU legal instruments, give a new meaning to existing legal rules, or they adapt or re-examine past jurisprudence. Read more

EU Legislation on Wildlife Trafficking, Deforestation and Illegal Logging 

This workshop for judges and prosecutors provides an overview of the wildlife and forest related crimes which have raised major concerns in recent years. Read more

Post-Covid Challenges in Criminal Justice 

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets contain personal information such as call history, text messages, e-mails, digital photographs, videos, calendar items, address books, passwords and credit card numbers. They can be useful as sources of digital evidence to be examined when criminal activities occur. Read more

Social Network Investigations 

From “likes” to evidence

This seminar is designed to equip legal practitioners with the necessary skills and knowledge to conduct effective investigations in the world of social media. It will scrutinise the fundamental principles of social network investigation, including the collection, analysis and presentation of data from social media platforms. Read more

Cracking Down on Digital Predators in the EU 

Investigating and prosecuting online child sexual abuse and sexual violence

With the new 2022 proposal for a Regulation on sexual abuse and the rethinking of the Child Abuse Directive, the European Commission intends to tackle this cross border form of cyber-enabled crime. During this seminar, participants will obtain more insight into the EU legislation in the field, national legal responses, investigation techniques (in particular social media open-source investigations) and victim assistance. Read more