Join the annual ECLAN conference, organised by the University of Westminster and Queen Mary University of London.

The conference will take place online on Zoom. Once you book your ticket, the link to the event will be sent to you closer to the date.

Programme of the Conference:

Thursday 9 December 2021

13:00 – 13:15 Welcome from Professor Luke Mason (Head of the Westminster Law School) and Professor Penny Green (Head of the Department of Law, Queen Mary University of London)

13:15-14:00 Keynote speech: Twenty years of the European Arrest Warrant – an odyssey inmutual trust to an unknown destination – Eleanor Sharpston QC

14:00-14:30 Coffee break

14:30-16:00 Panel I – The European Arrest Warrant at Kirchberg: The Role of the Court of Justice

16:00-16:15: Coffee break

16:15-17:45: Panel II – Fundamental Rights and the European Arrest Warrant

Friday 10 December 2021

11:00-13:00: Panel III – Constitutional principles of the Member States, national diversity, and the European Arrest Warrant

13.00-13.30: Lunch

13.30-15:30: Panel IV – External Dimension of the European Arrest Warrant

Focus on the right to a fair trial

Objective

The participants will obtain sound knowledge of the scope and interpretation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, as well as its relationship with other legal instruments protecting fundamental rights in Europe. The focus will be on the application in practice of the provisions concerning the right to a fair trial.

Key topics

• The system of fundamental rights protection in Europe
• Scope of application and interpretation of the EU Charter in national legal orders
• Article 6 of the ECHR and Article 47 of the EU Charter
• Impartial and independent tribunal
• EU law remedies
• Rights of defence

The event is part of a series of a series of seminars on the application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. It is designed for judges, prosecutors and other judicial staff. Participation is subject to a selection process. For more details, see the seminar website.