Balancing Security and Justice in the EU’s Criminal Law Area

Balancing Security and Justice in the EU’s Criminal Law Area
The Scale of Things, Jesse Loughborough, CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0

The Edinburgh Europa Research Group is pleased to invite you to its upcoming event:

Balancing Security and Justice in the EU’s Criminal Law Area: Enhancing Mutual Trust

Tuesday 18 October 2016
5pm – 6pm

David Hume Tower · Room LG.09
George Square · Edinburgh EH8 9JX

Auke Willems
PhD Candidate in European Union Law
Vrije Universiteit Brussel


The presentation will explore the function of the principle of mutual trust in balancing competing interests in EU cooperation in criminal justice matters, based on mutual recognition. This will be done along the lines of the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union.


Dr Leandro Mancano | Discussant
Lecturer in European Union Law
The University of Edinburgh

Nataliya Muzyka | Chair
Europa Research Group Co-Convenor
PhD Candidate in Politics
The University of Edinburgh

This event is free and non-ticketed
All are welcome


PARTICIPANTS

Auke WillemsAuke Willems (@WillemsAuke)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Auke Willems is PhD Candidate in European Union Law at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. His research interests include EU criminal law, international criminal law, human rights law and mutual trust within mutual recognition-based criminal justice cooperation.


Leandro MancanoEdinburgh Europa Institute LogoDr Leandro Mancano
The University of Edinburgh

Dr Leandro Mancano is Lecturer in European Union Law at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include EU constitutional law, EU fundamental rights law, Justice and Home Affairs policy and deprivation of liberty.


Nataliya MuzykaEdinburgh Europa Institute LogoNataliya Muzyka (@MN000ST)
The University of Edinburgh

Nataliya Muzyka is Co-Convenor of the Edinburgh Europa Research Group and PhD Candidate in Politics at the University of Edinburgh. Her research compares the influence of the European Union on democratisation processes in Poland and Ukraine.


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