INTERNACIONAL JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS

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.

Aver superato gli esami di:

- Diritto internazionale

- Diritto dell'Unione Europea.

Facoltativa.

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 - Orders freezing evidence - The European evidence warrant 3. The principle of ne bis in idem and conflicts of jurisdiction C) The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice after the Treaty of Lisbon - The new institutional framework and the role of the Court of Justice - The Charter of fundamental rights of the EU - The ECHR and the accession of the EU - 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 D) Future developments: - The European Investigation Order - A European Public Prosecutor office.

For the subject-matters sub A):

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.

For the subject-matters sub B):

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

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

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.

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.

For the subject-matters sub C):

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

For the subject-matters sub D):

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.

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

Nessuno.

Prova orale.

Nessuna.

Non sono previste prove diverse dall'esame finale

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