18/19-X, Brusel.les, Parlament Europeu, DretalDret, ´Vers l´armonització del Dret de Defensa a la Unió Europea´

Dear Madam, Dear Sir,

We are pleased to inform you that the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe together with the International association Droit au Droit and the Transnational Radical Party, in partnership with the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa (Italy), the Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland), the Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania) and the international association No Peace Without Justice, are organising a Public Hearing on "Towards the Harmonization of European rules and practices on the right of defense" to be held at the European Parliament in Brussels, on 18-19 October 2007.

The Conference aims to generate an in-depth discussion of EU Member States enforced domestic legislation and praxis in relation to the safeguard of the rights of defense, especially in pre-trial criminal proceedings and in cases in which cross-borders elements are involved, with the goal to find grounds for European common minimum standards governing procedural law which could lead to ensure a uniform safeguard of fundamental human rights all over the EU.

The Conference will also provide an opportunity for presenting the results of a comparative study on EU Member States rules governing the rights of defense, carried out by the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies of Pisa and its partners in the framework of the AGIS Programme implemented by the European Commission.

Participants to the seminar will include law practitioners, judges and bar associations representatives, experts in criminal law, NGOs and international organisations representatives, as well as Members of the European Parliament and other European institutions representatives.

The Hearing will be held on Thursday 18 October, from 9.30 to 18.00, and on Friday 19 October, from 9.30 to 12.30. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in French, English, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish and Spanish.

Malena Zingoni-Fernández,
DerechoalDerecho / DroitauDroit / RighttoLaw
 

Programa:

                 Droit au Droit International Association
            Transnational Radical Party
           PUBLIC HEARINGco-hosted by Marco Cappato, Sarah Ludford, Adina-Ioana Vălean «Towards the Harmonization of European Rules and Practices on the Right of Defense»  18-19 October 2007European Parliament, Brusselsroom asp a5g2 (Thursday 18 Oct) - a3g3 (Friday 19 Oct)  Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in French, English, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish and Spanish  
 

AGIS 2006

 
     

Adam Mickiewicz

University

 

Mykolas Romeris

University

 

 
 PUBLIC HEARING«Towards the Harmonization of European Rules and Practices on the Right of Defense» 18-19 October 2007European Parliament, Brussels  Draft PROGRAMThursday 18 October 2007Room ASP A5G2, European Parliament, Brussels

AGENDA

 09.00h                        ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS  09.30h             WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS: - Mrs. Sarah Ludford, MEP, ALDE 
                               - Mrs. Ioana Valean, MEP, ALDE
 - Mr. Alberto di Martino, Professor of Criminal Law, Sant' Anna School of          Advanced     Studies of Pisa (Italy) “AGIS Program Project: main ideas and short overview of the results”   10.00h-13h00 First Panel: Normative sources of fundamental rights in the pre-trial stage  Co-Chairs: Mr. Nicola Giovannini, ‘Droit au Droit’ International                                            Association (Belgium)                    Mr. Alberto di Martino Interventions by:- Dr. Zvonko Fiser,  Judge to the Constitutional Court of Slovenia “The role of the Constitutional Court in safeguarding constitutional and legal provisions    on the rights of suspects in the pre-trial stage of criminal procedings” - Mrs. Lydia Tobiasova, Faculty of Law, Comenius University Bratislava (Slovakia)“The right of defense in slovakian Criminal Justice System” - Mr. Miquel Puiggalí, Coordinador de la Comissió de Torn d'Ofici del CICAC, Consell de            Collegis d'Advocats de Catalunya (Spain)  “Defensa a extranejros en materia penal y D de extranjeria. Especial referencia a la       asistencia juridica gratuita”. - Mrs. Miriana Ilcheva, ABA / Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative, Sofia                          (Bulgaria) “ The right of defense in Bulgarian Criminal Justice System” Discussion  13:00h - 14:30h  LUNCH  14:30h - 17:30h  Second Panel: Collecting evidence in Pre-Trial stage: powers and limits co-Chairs:  Mr. Aurelijus Gutauskas & Mr. Raimundas Kalesnykas, Assoc.prof.Dr.,  Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania) Interventions by:- Mr. Bo Astrom, Senior Detective Superintendent, Department for Police Affairs, Division       for International Co-ordination, National Police Board (Sweden)            “Language of proceedings as a guarantee to understand the meaning of the acts carried                      out during the pre-trial stage” 

- Mr. Pawel Wilinski, Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland)

                          “Right to remain silent and credibility of this aspect in Polish criminal procedures”                          - Dr. Sandra Kazaka, lector, M.L., Police Academy of Latvia “Latvian experience to implement the right to have legal assistance of suspected      persons in the pre-trial stage” - Mr. Zaza Namoradze, Director of Justice Initiative Program, OSI, Budapest (Hungary)  The right of defense in Hungarian Criminal Justice System”  

- Mrs. Alison Smith, Coordinator of the International Justice Program,

   No Peace Without Justice  “The right of defense in the framework of the International Criminal Justice System”

Discussion 

   Friday, 19 October 2007 Room ASP A3G3, European Parliament, Brussels  09:30h-12:30h     Third Panel: Striking a balance between right of defense and power of  investigation  

Chair: Mr. Pawel Wilinski, Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland)

                Mrs. Malena Zingoni-Fernández, General Secretary of ‘Droit au Droit’

           International Association (Belgium) 

            Interventions by: - Mr. Stanislovas Liutkevicius, Undersecretary, Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of  Lithuania “Police and pre-trial investigation ensuring rights of person in the context of    criminal procedures” 

           - Mr. Tibor Katona, Judge at the Table Court of South Hungary (Szeged)

“Gathering covered information and data according to the National Regulation of Hungary” - Mr. Enrico Marzaduri, Professor of Criminal Procedure, University of Pisa (Italy) “Diritto della Difesa nelle indagini preliminari in Italia” 

           -Mrs. Andreea Stoica, Judge, Ministry of Justice of Romania

           The right to acces to the file in balance with the secret of investigation"              - Mrs. Graciela Fuentes, Senior Legal Adviser, Former Judicial Officer in the                        United Nations, Member of ‘Droit au Droit’ International Association   “ Ecquity of arms”     12:30- 13:00h                  CLOSING REMARKS - Mr. Pawel Wilinski, Professor, Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland)            - Mr. Nicola Giovannini, Executive Board of ‘Droit au Droit’ International                                     Association (Belgium)    

* Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in French, English, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish and Spanish