- EJTN 2022 Calendar of activities – updates ;
- Deadlines in September for submitting lists of applicants for various EJTN activities;
- Reminder EJTN 1 hour lunchtime webinars to be held in September;
1.Please see in below table some updates regarding EJTN 2022 Calendar of training activities .
Please note that the web pages of activities are regularly updated and accessible through the searchable database http://www.ejtn.eu/Catalogue/EJTNs-searchable-database/
| Activity reference | Title + hyperlink | Dates | Venue | Deadline of Application | Updates |
| CR/2022/20 | EJTN-CEPOL-Training on Investigations of facilitated Illegal Immigration cases | 10-14 October
2022 |
Zagreb, Croatia | 25 July 2022 | NEW DATES: 17 – 21 October 2022
NEW DEADLINE for application : 1 September 2022 |
| CR/2022/26 | Joint Investigation Teams – Leadership | TBC | TBC | TBC | DATES AND VENUE confirmed : 24-28 October, Lyon, France
Deadline for application: 5 September 2022 |
| CI/2022/11 | Webinar: Brussels IIa Recast | TBD | Online | TBD | DATE confirmed: 12 October, from 13.00 to 16.00.
Deadline for applications: 10 October 2022. |
| CI/2022/13 | Webinar: Mediation and Conciliation | 22 November 2022 | Online | 18 November | NEW HALF A DAY WEBINAR!
In cooperation with GEMME Date: 22 November Deadline: 18 November Morning session on Zoom platform |
| AD/2022/07 | Environmental Law | 27-28 September 2022 | Trier, Germany | 15 July 2022 | There are still places available, please liaise with my colleague in charge or upload lists of applicants directly on OSP |
2.Please see in the table below the deadlines in September for submitting lists of applicants for various EJTN activities through the OSP platform :
- Reminder 1 hour lunchtime webinars in September :
There are 2 webinars planned to take place in September , on 8th and 22nd September respectively.
Please see below information about the webinars and open link to register on OSP, and attached the webinars’ visuals :
Topic: Probation measures – a penalty or alternative measures?
Speaker: Prof. PhD Iva Pushkarova, Professor Criminal Law and International Criminal Law at Sofia University and in the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior Academy, Researcher at the Justice Development Foundation, Author and Publicist
Moderator: Petra Wagner, Senior Public Prosecutor at the Office of the Prosecutor’s General in Munich, Germany
Date: 8 September 2022, 13h-14h Brussels time
Portfolio: Criminal Law
Content: The webinar will address three topics:
- General description of the regimes of probation measures as a penalty to a crime and as an alternative to the penalty
- Notion of penalty under the practice of the ECtHR. Basic standards for distinguishing penalties from non-penal measures. Standards for judicial imposition and individualisation of penalties and non-penal measures
- Complications arising from ambiguous legislative or judicial practice and differences between national jurisdictions
Main target group: Judges, prosecutors, people involved in the execution of penalties, probation officers.
Learning outcomes: After the webinar the participants will have a general description of the regimes of probation measures as a penalty to a crime and as an alternative to the penalty as handled within the EU, as well as basic human-rights standards for distinguishing penalties from non-penal measures. Participants will be sensitised to practical issues and complications arising from ambiguous legislative or judicial practice and differences between national jurisdictions and be aware of the effects probation measures might have on our societies.
OSP link for registration below (registered participants will receive MS Teams link to join the webinar):
Click here for the Open Registration on OSP
Topic: Taking account of human rights while prosecuting crimes during the war in Ukraine
Speaker: Jeremy McBride, member of the Council of Europe expert advisory group for support
to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Barrister at Monckton Chambers in London
Moderator: Claudia Weisbart, Hessian Ministry of Justice, Germany,
Convener of the Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Sub-Working Group
Date: 22 September 2022, 13h-14h Brussels time
Portfolio: Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Content: The webinar will address the mission and working methods of the Council of Europe’s Advisory Group to support the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine and concentrates on the problematic issues which have arisen when faced with a huge volume of crimes committed in the course of the war and on how the risk of challenges to convictions resulting from them can be dealt with or at least mitigated.
Main target group: Judges and prosecutors.
Learning outcomes: By the end of the webinar, participants will
– appreciate the challenges that armed conflict can pose for the operation of criminal justice systems
– gain a better understanding of the value of observing human rights requirements even in difficult situations
OSP link for registration below (registered participants will receive MS Teams link to join the webinar):