Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Economy  Artificial Intelligence Act, EU Data Economy AI and Liability Law

This online conference will introduce the Artificial Intelligence Act adopted by the European Commission in April 2021 and will discuss its implications in the main sectors of the digital economy. Read more

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 2021 and 2022. Read more

Annual Conference on Countering Terrorism in the EU 2022  Insights into Anticipating, Preventing, Protecting Against and Responding to Terrorism

This annual conference will analyse the latest developments in the European Union’s response to the threat of terrorism, with a focus on the various means and methods to anticipate, prevent, protect against and respond to terrorism, from the perspective of both law enforcement and the judiciary, as well as other actors in the field. Read more

Obtaining e-Evidence when Investigating and Prosecuting Crimes  Special investigation techniques on mobile devices

Mobile devices contain personal information including 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. This seminar aims to share advanced knowledge and to exchange experience and best practice between judges, prosecutors and lawyers in private practice who deal with criminal proceedings involving e-evidence. Read more

Protection of Attorney-Client Privilege in Criminal Proceedings in the EU 

ObjectiveThis online seminar will analyse legal professional privilege and attorney-client privilege in criminal proceedings across the EU. Communication between lawyers and their clients is vital but it is under permanent pressure. In the EU, there is no common definition of what constitutes an immunity … Read more

Congreso Internacional: Retos de la cooperación judicial europea en materia civil y penal 

The international conference will discuss challenges for the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and its cooperation mechanisms in civil and criminal matters. It is part of the project “Civil and Criminal Procedural Law from the Perspective of the European Union: the consolidation of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (CAJI)”. The organizers also published a call for papers. Best defended works will be proposed for publication in a subsequent collective book. Read more

Transnational Use of Video Conferencing in Criminal Proceedings  Enhancing the use of remote hearings and video testimonies

This online seminar will debate the actions that must be undertaken to make judicial authorities aware of the use of videoconferencing in cross-border criminal proceedings. It will present existing national, European and international experiences and it will assess how the use of videoconferencing can help to rationalise, simplify or possibly complicate criminal procedures and trials. The seminar will include some practical demonstrations. Read more