ECBA Autumn Conference 2008, Bratislava, Slovakia
3 and 4 October 2008
The fair trial principle under pressure: Between growing restrictions on legal aid and the "risk of coercion" to plea bargain?
PHOTO IMPRESSION
Please click here to view a photo impression of the cocktail reception and the conference.
CONFERENCE REPORT
With loads of support given to the ECBA by the Slovak Bar Association, and foremost the President Stefan Detvai, who welcomed us at the Cocktail Reception, and its members Katarina Mareckova and Juraj Kolesar, who helped us organizing the conference, we were able to approach the East of Europe once more and find out that the major concerns of our profession are more or less the same all over the European Union and even beyond its momentary borders as we were able also to welcome colleagues from Croatia, Latvia and many more. The ever expanding size of our association made clear that the topic of the Bratislava conference “The fair trial principle under pressure: Between the growing restrictions on legal aid and the `risk of coercion` to plea bargain?” is a general concern of the European defender.
CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS (PDF)
Legal aid and payments from the state to lawyers
- First experiences with the new Austrian legal aid emergency service
Presentation
Prof. Richard Soyer, Austria - The Slovak legal aid system
Mr. Matus Gemes, Defense lawyer, Slovakia - Promoting the police station duty solicitor model in Bulgaria
Pilot Duty Solicitor Scheme in Bulgaria
Velislava Delcheva, Expert Justice and Home Affairs, Bulgaria
E-Justice: mutual recognition coming to your laptop soon; benefits, pitfalls and data protection
- E-Justice and data protection at the European level: ECRIS
Mr Joaquin Bayo Delgado, European Data Protection Supervisor, Brussels - Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee - Towards a European e Justice Strategy
- Presentation on E-Justice
Louise Hodges, UK
Reports on ECBA working groups
- Cross border financial crime
Mr Peter Engels and Mrs Annelies Denecker, Belgium
Plea bargaining and the role of the lawyer
- Plea Bargaining in Austria
Mrs. Alexandra Pichler, Defense lawyer, Austria - Plea bargaining - Bogey of Justice?
Prof. Juraj Kolesar, Defense lawyer, Slovakia - Plea bargaining and the role of the lawyer
Mr. Monty Raphael, Solicitor, UK - Plea bargaining and the role of the lawyer in Slovenia
Ms. Tatjana Markelj, Defense lawyer, Slovenia - Plea bargaining and the role of the lawyer - the Portuguese system
Ms. Vánia Costa Ramos
Recent Developments and proposed reforms affecting the legal profession in the European Union
- England and Wales
Mr. Robin Grey QC - Greece
Mr. Alexis Anagnostakis - Italy
Mrs Paolo Balbo - Switserland
Mr. Marc Henzelin
