European Criminal Law and Justice - Prospects and Problems

Date: 30-09-2015

Location: Alexander Hall, Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Bispetorv Annex, Bispetorvet 1-3, DK-1167 Copenhagen K

Languages: English

Organiser: EICRIM (European and International Criminal Law Research Group)

Partnership: ECLAN and The Danish Foreign Policy Society / Det Udenrigspolitiske Selskab

Website: http://jura.ku.dk/english/calendar/2015/european-criminal-law-and-justice/

Type: Conference

PROGRAMME:

12:00-13:00 Doors open

13:00-13:15 Welcome Address

Former minister Lykke Friis, Prorector, University of Copenhagen, Chair of the Danish Foreign Policy Society
Professor Jørn Vestergaard, University of Copenhagen

13:15-14:00 The Future for an European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Professor Katalin Ligeti, University of Luxembourg  
Commentator: State Prosecutor Jesper Hjortenberg, Eurojust, National Member for Denmark
Chair: Professor Jørn Vestergaard

14:00-14:45 The EU Justice Agenda for 2020 – Priorities in EU Criminal Law

Professor Anne Weyemberg, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Chair: Associate Professor Iryna Marchuk, University of Copenhagen 

14:45-15:15 Break: Coffee and Tea

15:15-16:00 Opting In or Out of the EU: The Case of Denmark

Associate Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen, University of Copenhagen
Commentator: adjunkt Henning Bang Fuglsang Madsen Sørensen, University of Southern Denmark
Chair: Professor Jørn Vestergaard

16:00-16:45 Opting In or Out of the EU: The Case of UK

Postdoc Samuli Miettinen, University of Helsinki
Commentator: Professor Sabine Gless, University of Basel
Chair: Professor Robert Kert, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

17:00-17:45 Solidarity and Trust in Europe's Common European Asylum System

Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary University of London

17:45-18:00 Conclusions and Closure

Summation by Professor Pedro Caeiro, University of Coimbra
Chair: Professor Jørn Vestergaard