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10 years ago, on 1 December 2009, the Treaty of Lisbon entered into force and brought judicial cooperation in criminal matters from the sphere of intergovernmental cooperation fully into the fold of EU law and policies. Almost all former framework decisions in the field of …

Twenty years having passed since the Conclusions of the European Council in Tampere, which proposed the principle of mutual recognition as the “cornerstone” of judicial cooperation within the Union, the author takes the opportunity to reflect on the main achievements in this sector before and …

The author gives a personal overview of how the European Union became involved in criminal law over the last 20 years. He calls to mind the main stages of the development, from the Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties to the draft European constitution and the Lisbon …

On 20 December 2019, Europol published a new report, giving an overview on the status of access of EU Member States to electronic evidence held by foreign-based Online Service Providers (OSPs) in the context of criminal investigations. Looking at the year 2018, the new …

On 22 November 2019, the heads of the nine EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) agencies met at Europol’s headquarters in The Hague. The topics of discussion were as follows:Implementation of the New Strategic Agenda 2019-2024;State-of-play of the interoperability project;Common efforts in …

At the end of November 2019, FRA published a paper looking into the fundamental rights challenges involved when public authorities deploy live facial recognition technology for law enforcement purposes.According to the paper, the following key aspects should be considered before deploying facial recognition technology …

In December 2019, FRA published a report on criminal detention conditions in the EU.The report responds to the Commission’s request to compile certain basic information on prison conditions and existing monitoring mechanisms in Member States. FRA stresses that the report does not intend …

FRA offers a new database on detention conditions in all 28 EU Member States on its website. This new Criminal Detention Database 2015-2019 offers information about selected core aspects of detention conditions such as cell space, sanitary conditions, access to healthcare, and protection against violence. …

On 4 December 2019, the new Frontex Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 entered into force. The main features are summarised in the press release of 4 December 2019.The Regulation includes the following strengthening objectives for Frontex:Develop integrated planning such as capability development planning, contingency planning, …

On 5 November 2019, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network (EJN) published a joint report with the aim of assisting practitioners in determining whether a case should be directed to Eurojust or to the EJN.The report outlines the following items:Criteria for …