Gert Vermeulen

This book comprises the principal multilateral legal instruments on international and European criminal law, with a special institutional focus on Europol and Eurojust and a substantive focus on international, organised and serious crime, including terrorism. Given the relevance thereof for international information exchange in criminal matters, relevant data protection instruments have also been included in the selection. The texts have been ordered according to the corresponding multilateral co-operation level: either Prüm, the European Union (comprising Schengen-related texts), the Council of Europe or the United Nations. This edition provides students as well as practitioners (judicial and law enforcement authorities, lawyers, researchers, …) throughout Europe with an accurate and up-to-date edition of essential texts on international and European criminal law. All texts have been updated until 20 December 2018.

Essential Texts on International and European Criminal Law (10th revised edition)

This book comprises the principal multilateral legal instruments on international and European criminal law, focused on cooperation across borders in matters relating to serious crime, including organised crime or cybercrime, and their proceeds, with a special institutional focus on Europol, Eurojust and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and a focus on procedural rights approximation. Given the relevance thereof for international information exchange in criminal matters, relevant data protection instruments have also been included in the selection. The texts have been ordered according to the corresponding multilateral co-operation level: either Prüm, the European Union (comprising Schengen-related texts), the Council of Europe or the United Nations. This edition provides students as well as practitioners (judicial and law enforcement authorities, lawyers, researchers, …) throughout Europe with an accurate and up-to-date edition of essential texts on international and European criminal law. All texts have been updated until 31 December 2025.

Essential Texts on International and European Criminal Law (12th revised edition)

Eveline de Wree

fenomeen, dadergroepen, onveiligheidsbeleving, beleidsevaluatie en -aanbevelingen

(Strafbare) overlast door jongerengroepen in het kader van openbaar vervoer

Ellen Desmet

This volume comprises the relevant legal instruments and principal policy documents in the area of international and European asylum and migration, including the latest versions of pending legislative proposals. The range of issues covered is comprehensive: human rights; nationality and statelessness; equal treatment, non-discrimination, racism and xenophobia; citizenship, residence and free movement; borders, border management and entry; visa and passenger data; labour migration; family reunification; asylum, subsidiary and temporary protection; irregular migration; and trafficking in human beings. The texts have been ordered according to the multilateral co-operation level within which they were drawn up: either the United Nations, the Council of Europe or the European Union (including Schengen-level instruments). This edition provides practitioners, authorities, policy makers, scholars and students throughout Europe with an accurate, up-to-date and forward-looking compilation of essential texts on asylum and migration matters.

Essential Texts on European and International Asylum and Migration Law And Policy

This book comprises the principal multilateral legal instruments on international and European criminal law, with a special institutional focus on Europol, Eurojust and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, a substantive focus on international, organised and serious crime, including terrorism, and a focus on procedural rights approximation. Given the relevance thereof for international information exchange in criminal matters, relevant data protection instruments have also been included in the selection. The texts have been ordered according to the corresponding multilateral co-operation level: either Prüm, the European Union (comprising Schengen-related texts), the Council of Europe or the United Nations. This edition provides students as well as practitioners (judicial and law enforcement authorities, lawyers, researchers, …) throughout Europe with an accurate and up-to-date edition of essential texts on international and European criminal law. All texts have been updated until 13 January 2021.

11th revised edition 2021

Essential Texts on International and European Criminal Law

Exploratory Study of the Potential and Feasibility of Self-regulation Or Public-private Co-operation

EU Quality Standards in Support of the Fight Against Trafficking in Human Beings and Sexual Exploitation of Children

Philip Traest

A. Verhage

Dat onze samenleving grondig veranderd is en immer evolueert, behoeft geen toelichting. Verandering moet vroeg of laat leiden tot nieuwe evenwichten en enige stabiliteit. Maatschappelijke vrede heet zoiets. In dit proces heeft het recht een belangrijke rol te spelen. Dat geldt inzonderheid voor het strafrecht en het strafprocesrecht. Hoewel de rol van het strafrecht niet mag worden overschat en de wet in het algemeen niet het meest geschikte instrument is om mentaliteiten te veranderen, blijft het strafrecht wel een nuttig en noodzakelijk instrument om rechtszekerheid in een snel veranderende samenleving te bewerkstelligen. In deze optiek werd ervoor geopteerd om, zoals in de editie van 2006, aandacht te besteden aan diverse aspecten van het materieel en formeel strafrecht en dit zowel vanuit nationaal- als internationaalrechtelijk oogpunt. Het bijzonder strafrecht en de strafuitvoering ontbreken evenmin.

Strafrecht en strafprocesrecht: doel of middel in veranderde samenleving?

Neil Paterson

Marije Knapen

In 2008, the introduction of the EU's Framework Decision - the principle of mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters, imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement - sparked discussions as to whether the practical operation of the instrument would be compatible with its very objective, being the enhancement of detained persons' social rehabilitation prospects. Transferring detained people back to their respective Member State of residence and/or nationality within the mutual recognition framework is somewhat precarious in light of the variety of Member States' legal and prison systems. In this context, and following a call for tender by the European Commission, the authors of this book conducted the largest study to date on Member States' material detention conditions, early/conditional release provisions, and sentence execution modalities. In addition to exploring the diversity of legal frameworks, the study also assessed practitioners' views on the cross-border execution of custodial sentences in the EU. This book contains EU-level legal and practitioners' analyses, as well as the high level final report to the study, confirming preliminary concerns that flanking measures are urgently needed for a proper operation of the Framework Decision. It will be essential reading for policy makers, judicial and law enforcement authorities, and defense lawyers. Additionally, it will be an asset to everyone who is involved in or taking an interest in detention issues and cross-border execution of judgements involving deprivation of liberty in the EU. (Series: Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy [IRCP] - Vol. 40)

Overcoming Legal and Practical Problems Through Flanking Measures

Cross-border Execution of Judgements Involving Deprivation of Liberty in the EU

Monografie waarin het spanningsveld tussen strafrecht en privacy aan een kritische juridische analyse wordt onderworpen.

nieuwe en grensoverschrijdende verkenningen

Privacy en strafrecht

Eva Lievens

Since the Snowden revelations, the adoption in May 2016 of the General Data Protection Regulation and several ground-breaking judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union, data protection and privacy are high on the agenda of policymakers, industries and the legal research community. Against this backdrop, Data Protection and Privacy under Pressure sheds light on key developments where individuals’ rights to data protection and privacy are at stake. The book discusses the persistent transatlantic tensions around various EU-US data transfer mechanisms and EU jurisdiction claims over non-EU-based companies, both sparked by milestone court cases. Additionally, it scrutinises the expanding control or surveillance mechanisms and interconnection of databases in the areas of migration control, internal security and law enforcement, and oversight thereon. Finally, it explores current and future legal challenges related to big data and automated decision-making in the contexts of policing, pharmaceutics and advertising.

Transatlantic tensions, EU surveillance, and big data

Data Protection and Privacy Under Pressure

In 2008, for the European Union, the introduction of the Framework Decision - the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters, imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement - sparked discussions as to whether the practical operation of the instrument would be compatible with its very objective, being the enhancement of detained persons' social rehabilitation prospects. Transferring detained people back to their respective Member State of residence and/or nationality within the mutual recognition framework is somewhat precarious in light of the variety of Member States' legal and prison systems. In this context, and following a call for tender by the European Commission, the authors of this book conducted the largest study to date on Member States' material detention conditions, early/conditional release provisions, and sentence execution modalities. In addition to exploring the diversity of legal frameworks, the study also assessed practitioners' views on the cross-border execution of custodial sentences in the EU. The book contains individual Member State reports resulting from legal practitioners' analyses, backed by additional information drawn from monitoring and evaluation conducted at the Council of Europe (Committee for the Prevention of Torture) and United Nation levels. This will be essential reading for EU policy makers, judicial and law enforcement authorities, and defense lawyers. Additionally, it will be an asset to everyone who is involved in or taking an interest in detention issues and cross-border execution of judgements involving deprivation of liberty in the EU. (Series: Institute for International Research on Criminal Policy [IRCP] - Vol. 41)

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