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CONFERENCE REPORT
For this year’s Spring Conference, we had the spectacular setting of the Sorrento peninsula, known for its lemon groves and picturesque coastline, which seemed to welcome us with its rays of sunshine after an intense storm on Friday, April 25th.
The event began with a magnificent Italian aperitivo on the rooftop of Continental hotel, where Vânia Costa Ramos, our Chair, officially welcomed all delegates, together with Amedeo Barletta, ECBA Vice Chair and Pasquale Damiano, president of the Torre Annunziata Bar Association, as we all raised our glasses with an Aperol or Limoncello Spritz.
As usual, the Board met on Friday morning, where we discussed the progress of our association and explored possible ways to make our organisation and its mission even more visible in all European forums where criminal law is debated. We hope to unveil at the Autumn Conference a project that would become a key reference for many criminal lawyers both within and beyond the Schengen area.
The speakers, carefully selected for their expertise and experience in the topics under discussion, took the floor at the Palazzo Municipale of Sorrento. As a brilliant opening, we enjoyed outstanding presentations from highly esteemed magistrates, such as Francesco Viganò, Vice President of the Italian Constitutional Court, and Raffaelle Sabato, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights. The keynote speeches were moderated by our Vice Chair, Amedeo Barletta, a distinguished Italian representative of our association in many forums.
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Programme
Conference opening - Keynote speeches
Francesco Viganò, Vice President of the Italian Constitutional Court
Raffaele Sabato, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Panel 1
Challenges and Threats to Legal Privilege across Europe
Chair: Carla Reyes, ECBA Advisory Board, Switzerland
o Katarzyna Dabrowska, defense lawyer, Poland
o Guillermo Galbe, defense lawyer, Spain
o Will Hayes, defense lawyer, United Kingdom Q&A
Panel 2
Confiscation and asset seizures without conviction
Chair: David Apelbaum, ECBA Advisory Board, France
o Prof. Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon
o Susana Fonte, Team Leader, Economic Crime, Operations Department, Eurojust, The Netherlands
o Christophe Marchand, defense lawyer, Belgium
o Caterina Scialla, post-doctoral researcher in criminal law Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” University, Italy
In Memoriam - ECBA Founder Mischa Wladimiroff
Panel 3
Media and PR in Criminal cases
Chair: Edward Grange, ECBA Advisory Board, United Kingdom
o Nicola Canestrini, ECBA Advisory Board, Italy
o Roberto Chenal, lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights, Italy
o Stefania Maurizi, investigative journalist for “Il Fatto Quotidiano”, Italy
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