Conference organised by the Council of Europe,

at the initiative of the Consultative Council of European Prosecutors (CCPE)

and the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE)

and

in co-operation with the French Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature (ENM)

17.00               Registration of the participants

19.00               Reception hosted by the Council of Europe

9.00                 Registration of the participants (continued)

9.30 – 11.00   

opening session

Chair : Mr Jean-François THONY (France), Director of the National School for the Judiciary (“Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature – ENM”)

    Opening speech

Mr Philippe BOILLAT (Council of Europe), Director General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs

    Introduction

Mr Olivier de BAYNAST (France), Chair of the CCPE

Ms Julia LAFFRANQUE (Estonia), Chair of the  CCJE

                   

    The public prosecution and the judiciary in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights

Mr Alain LACABARATS (France) (CCJE)

Mr João Manuel DA SILVA MIGUEL (Portugal) (CCPE)

11.00               Coffee break

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Interventions of panelists during the Round Tables,

are limited to 10 minutes

in order to provide sufficient time for exchanges with the floor

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11.30 – 12.45

Round Table n°1

Means of action of judges and prosecutors :

training, organisation and management of human, budgetary and material resources

Moderator:Mr Stelios NATHANAEL (Cyprus) (CCJE), Judge at the Supreme Court

Panelists:

-  Mr Laurent LE MESLE (France), General prosecutor of Paris

-  Mr Constantin BRANZAN (Romania), Judge, Director of the National Institute of Magistracy

-  Mr Samuel VUELTA-SIMON (France), Deputy Director, Director for continuous training, International Department, National School for the Judiciary

This Round Table shall address in particular:

- training

- organisation and management of human, budgetary and material resources

14.30 – 16.00

Round Table n°2

Judges, prosecutors and lawyers:

the essential aspects in the crossed roles during

the prosecution, the investigation, and pre-trial coercive measures and detention

Moderator: Ms Annette von SYDOW (Sweden), Chief Public Prosecutor

Panelists :

-  Ms Barbara BREZIGAR (Slovenia), Prosecutor General

-  Mr Lucio ASCHETTINO (Italy), Judge at Naples Court

-  Mr Antonio CLUNY (Portugal), General Prosecutor of the Court of auditors

-  Mr Aghvan HOVSEPIAN (Armenia), General Prosecutor

This Round Table, shall address in particular:

- the investigation

- the prosecution

- alternatives to prosecution

- the measures of constraints before trial 

- the protection of specific interests

- pre-trial detention

16.00   Coffee break

16.15 – 17.45

Round Table n°3

Jugdes, prosecutors and lawyers: the essential aspects in the crossed roles during the trial, and in the enforcement of court decisions

Moderator: Mr Antonio VERCHER NOGUERA (Spain) (CCPE), Deputy Attoney General

Panelists :

-  Ms Ulrike HABERL-SCHWARTZ (Austria), President of the Court of Leoben

-  Ms Elif YARSUVAT (Turkey), Lawyer

-  Mr François MOYSE (Luxembourg), Lawyer, Representative of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)

This Round Table, shall address in particular:

- the trial

- the role of the public prosecution and judges in enabling the effective exercise of the rights of the defense

- the enforcementof court decisions

17.45   End of the 1st day of Conference

9.30 – 11.15

Round Table n°4

               mission of the judge and the prosecutor in its international dimension

Moderator: Mr Alexander ZVYAGINTSEV (Russia) (CCPE), Deputy Prosecutor General

Panelists :

-  Mr Kevin O’HIGGINS (Ireland), Judge at the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of Luxembourg

-  Mr Philippe MEIRE (Belgium), Federal Prosecutor, Deputy to the Federal Prosecutor

-  Ms Lavly LEPP (Estonia), Chief State Prosecutor

This Round Table, shall address in particular:

- cooperation and organised criminality

- international mutual aid in criminal matters

- international mutual aid in civil law

11.15   Coffee break

11.30 – 12.15 

Closing session

              

Moderator: Mr Paul MAFFEI (Belgium) (CCJE), Judge at the Court of Cassation

    General summing up of the proceedings and debates

Mr Olivier de BAYNAST (France), Chair of the CCPE

Ms Julia LAFFRANQUE (Estonia), Chair of the  CCJE

 

    Closing address

Mr Philippe BOILLAT (Council of Europe), Director General of Human Rights and Legal Affairs

12.30   Lunch and cocktail offered by Mr Alain JUPPE, Mayor of Bordeaux