INTERNACIONAL JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

IUS/16 - 7 CFU - 1° semestre

Docente titolare dell'insegnamento

TOMMASO RAFARACI

Obiettivi formativi

Knowledge and comprehension
Students of the module on “International Judicial cooperation in criminal matters “ will gain understanding of the most relevant measures of judicial cooperation in criminal matters, both at international and European level. Students will get familiar with the general principles of judicial cooperation and the most typical features of extradition and mutual legal assistance. They will also develop the ability to critically interpret and analyse laws, conventions and the supranational case-law. This ability will allow students to apply principles and measures that have been the object of the module to practical cases. The achievement of these objectives will be tested by an examination.

Ability to apply knowledge and comprehension
Students of the module on “International Judicial cooperation in criminal matters “ will master principles and measures of judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Students will be able to articulate and examine in a critical way solutions elaborated by scholars and the jurisprudence, and will be able to elaborate personal solutions to the problems dealt with. The objectives of the module will be pursued by frontal lectures and exercises on practical cases. The achievement of these objectives will be tested by a final examination.

Modalità di svolgimento dell'insegnamento

Lectures and workshops

Prerequisiti richiesti

Aver superato gli esami di:

- Diritto internazionale

- Diritto dell'Unione Europea.

Frequenza lezioni

Facoltativa.

Contenuti del corso

A) Traditional international judicial cooperation in criminal matters: 1. Principles - Double criminality - Speciality - Reciprocity. 2. Instruments - Extradition - Mutual legal assistance.

B) Judicial cooperation in criminal matters in the EU: 1. Substantive criminal law and harmonization - Crimes - Sanctions - Protection of the financial interests of the EU. 2. Procedural criminal law and mutual recognition - The European arrest warrant - The European investigation order - Minimum rules concerning the definition of criminal offences and sanctions in the areas of particularly serious crime with a cross-border dimension - Minimum rules concerning defence rights and the protection of the victims. 3. The principle of ne bis in idem and conflicts of jurisdiction. 4. The Charter of fundamental rights of the EU and the ECHR

C) Future developments: A European Public Prosecutor's Office.

Testi di riferimento

Reading list:

1. M. C. Bassiouni, The Indirect Enforcement System and the Modalities of International Cooperation in Penal Matters (Chapter V), in ‘Introduction to International Criminal Law’, Transnational Publishers, 2003, pp. 333-385.

2. V. Mitsilegas, EU Criminal Law after Lisbon. Rights, Trust and the Transformation of Justice in Europe, Hart Publishing, 2016, pp. 103-123 e 124-184.

3. V. Mitsilegas, EU Criminal Law, Hart Publishing, 2009, pp. 5-57, 101-113.

4. J. R. Spencer, The European Arrest Warrant, in Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies 4/2003, pp. 201–217.

5. R. Belfiore, Movement of evidence in the EU: the present scenario and possible future developments, in European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (1) 2009, pp. 1-22.

6. R. Belfiore, The European Investigation Order in Criminal Matters: Developments in Evidence-gathering across the EU, in European Criminal Law Review (3) 2015, pp. 312-324.

7. T. Rafaraci, Procedural Safeguards and the Principle of Ne Bis In Idem in the European Union, in Aa. Vv., ‘European Cooperation in Penal Matters: Issues and Perspectives’, M.C. Bassiouni-V. Militello-H. Satzger (eds.), Cedam, 2008, pp. 363-401.

Altro materiale didattico

Nessuno.

Programmazione del corso

	Argomenti	Riferimenti testi
1	Introduction to international judicial cooperation in criminal matters – An overview
2	General principles and modalities of judicial cooperation in criminal matters at international level
3	Judicial cooperation in criminal matters at EU level – The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
4	The area of Freedom, Security and Justice after the Treaty of Lisbon – Legal sources and institutions
5	Traditional extradition procedure
6	The principle of mutual recognition of judicial decisions in criminal matters
7	The European Arrest Warrant – The new surrender procedures
8	The European Arrest Warrant – The abolition of double criminality and the speciality principle
9	Case-law of the European Court of Justice on the application of the EAW
10	Mutual legal assistance at international level – The Council of Europe Convention of 1959
11	Mutual legal assistance at European level – The EU Convention of 2000
12	The European Evidence Warrant – Scope of the measure and procedures
13	The European Investigation Order
14	Movement of evidence across the EU and the question of admissibility
15	The principle of ne bis in idem at international level
16	Conflicts of jurisdiction across the EU
17	The principle of ne bis in idem at European level – The Schengen Agreement
18	Case-law of the European Court of Justice on the application of ne bis in idem

Verifica dell'apprendimento

MODALITÀ DI VERIFICA DELL'APPRENDIMENTO

Oral examination

The test/exam will be assessed according to the following criteria established by the Board of the Degree Course (September 17, 2018):

aptness of answers
quality and comprehension of the syllabus
ability to link different topics of the syllabus
ability to show examples
use of jargon and terms of art
general communicative skills
familiarity with legal texts

ESEMPI DI DOMANDE E/O ESERCIZI FREQUENTI

Esempi di domande:

- L'estradizione

- Il principio di specialità

- Il principio del mutuo riconoscimento

- Il mandato d'arresto europeo

- Le rogatorie

- La convenzione di assistenza giudiziaria del 2000

- L'ordine europeo di indagine penale

- Il ne bis in idem

- I conflitti di giurisdizione

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