ECBA Spring Conference 2014, Warsaw, Poland

25 and 26 April 2014

Legal Aid – Privilege for criminals or essential for fair proceedings?

Programme

General Information

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PHOTO IMPRESSION

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CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS (PDF)

• Directive on Legal Aid
  Legal aid for suspects or accused persons in criminal proceedings - a Directive and a Recommendation
  Johanna Engström, European Commission, Brussels
  
  
• Implementation of the directive on access to a lawyer – a challenge for local Bars or for governments?
  adwokat Janusz Tomczak, Partner at Wardyński & Partners, judge of the Warsaw Bar Disciplinary Court
  
  
• The proposed EU Directive on legal aid and the UN Principles and Guidelines
  Prof. Ed Cape, University of the West of England, Bristol
  
  
• The Commission’s proposals on Legal Aid
  Dian Brouwer, ECBA
  
  
• Implementation of the Directive on Access to a Lawyer as relevant for legal aid
  Tomasz Darkowski, Director of the Criminal Law Department, Ministry  of Justice
  
  
• Implementation of the Directive on access to a lawyer as relevant for legal aid
  James McGuill, Chair of the CCBE Criminal Committee
  
  
• Ineffective Legal Aid: the Hidden Cost
  Ineffective Legal Aid: the Hidden Cost or How to Fill the Barrel (outline)
  Prof. Paweł Wiliński,Faculty of Law and Administration, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
  
  The European Arrest Warrant 10 years after implementation: Panel Discussion
  
  
• The European Arrest Warrant 10 years after implementation: Panel Discussion
  adwokat dr Anna Demenko, Poland
  
  
• Legal aid – Privilege for criminals or essential for fair proceedings?
  Michele Coninsx, President Eurojust
  
  ECBA projects and working groups
  
  
• Discussion on the Presumption of Innocence - A Question of Credibility
  Scott Crosby, ECBA, on Freezing Orders
  
  Recent developments and proposed reforms affecting the legal profession in the European Union.
  
  
• Legal Aid Talk
  Frances Fitzgibbon, United Kingdom
  
  
• 2013 developments in Russian criminal law and procedure
  Sergei Golubok, Russian Federation