Introduction
Since its foundation in 1997 the ECBA (European Criminal Bar Association) has become the pre-eminent independent organisation of specialist defence lawyers in all Council of Europe countries.
Criminal Defence Lawyers in Europe
This section of our website contains contact details of individual practitioners who confirm that they are specialist criminal defence practitioners.
ECBA Handbook on the European Arrest Warrant
The ECBA is very pleased to announce that a ECBA Handbook on the EAW for Defence Lawyers has been published on the following website:
http://handbook.ecba-eaw.org
European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL)
The European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL) is a sub-association of the ECBA.
ECBA Autumn Conference in Berlin on 1 and 2 October 2021
The ECBA is glad to announce that the organising committee is now finalising the details for the upcoming 2021 Conference in Berlin, on 1 and 2 October 2021.
Please click here for more details, registrations will open soon!
ECBA Notes on the EPPO Internal Procedure Rules
On 12 October 2020 the College of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office adopted its Internal Rules, published in the Official Journal on 21.01.2021 (OJ C 22/4).
The ECBA has examined these rules and elaborated notes. The notes were sent to the European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Kövesi, by letter of 26 February 2021. Thursday, 18 March 2021, the ECBA held its first official meeting with EPPO representatives. For more details click here.
ECBA Statement on video-conferencing in criminal cases
The ECBA has launched a Working Group in order to discuss the use of remote video-technologies in criminal cases and has drafted an European Criminal Bar Association Statement of Principles on the use of Video-Conferencing in Criminal Cases in a Post-Covid-19 World. The statement has been officially launched at our Spring Conference in Rome, on the 12th September, during a panel dedicated to the subject.
Members about the ECBA - interviews at the Autumn Conference in Rome 2020
Interviews were held at the ECBA conference in Rome on 12 September 2020. You will hear comments and feedback on the ECBA and the conference.
ECBA Roadmap 2020 - Minimum standards on Procedural Safeguards
The ECBA is pleased to present the Roadmap 2020. After the Directives following the Stockholm Programme of 2009 further procedural safeguards in criminal proceedings are not yet on the political agenda of EU institutions and politicians.
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