About ECLAN
ECLAN is a network of researchers and academics engaging in EU criminal law across 32 countries. It aims at developing academic research and training in the field of EU criminal law by facilitating collaborations and synergies between universities and research centres. ECLAN organises conferences and edits publications, hosts a summer school and a PhD seminar dedicated to the EU area of criminal justice, and publishes a quarterly newsletter dedicated to recent developments in the field.
Recent Developments
Directive (EU) 2024/1712 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims
Legal Basis: Art. 82(2) TFEU, Art. 83(1) TFEU.
Key Themes: Action to combat violence, trafficking
in human beings and migrant smuggling, judicial
cooperation in criminal matters.
Recent News & Events
PhD Vacancy on Minimum Rules of Criminal Law - Utrecht University School of Law
Utrecht University School of Law is looking for a PhD candidate for a four-year PhD research project on the approximation of the laws of the EU Member States in criminal matters and minimum rules i...
Recent Publications
Prisons and detention conditions in the EU
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, aims to provide background information ...