High level Conference - COUNTERING CROSS-BORDER CRIME -HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS
High level Conference
COUNTERING CROSS-BORDER CRIME -HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS
(Improving international and multi-agency cooperation to tackle radicalisation, terrorism and organised crime)
Organised within the framework of the EU-CoE project ‘HELP Radicalisation prevention, Judicial response to terrorism and International cooperation in criminal matters on 20 & 21 October 2021, the Conference will provide a unique opportunity for justice professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, security forces, prison and probation officers, policymakers) to exchange experiences and best practices on these subjects, with a multi-agency and transnational approach. It will include general sessions and workshops on a variety of topics: priorities and challenges during investigation and arrest, judicial cooperation & mutual legal assistance, imprisonment & probation; returnee Foreign Terrorists Fighters (FTFs) and their families; de-radicalisation/disengagement programmes; supporting victims of terrorism and cybercrime.
Participating entities and agencies will include: Council of Europe, RAN (Radicalisation Awareness network), Eurojust, Europol, the CEP (Confederation of European Probation) and Europris.
Presentations:
Eva Pastrana, Head of Justice and Human Rights Division, Council of Europe (DG I)
Anita Van de Kar-Bachelet, Head of Mutual Assistance Unit, Council of Europe (DG I)
Roundtable - International Cooperation: Challenges throughout the criminal process:
Hilde Vandevoorde, Chair of the Eurojust Counter-Terrorism Team and National Member for Belgium
Nadya Radkovska, Vice-Chair of the CoE Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP)
Workshop A: Returning Foreign Terrorists Fighters (FTFs), including returnee women and children:
Steffen Saigusa Nielsen, East Jutland Police, Crime Prevention Section.
Workshop B: De-radicalisation/Dis-engagement programmes in Prison & Probation:
Vivian Geiran, Member of the Council of Euopre PC-CP and former Director of Irish Probation Service
Workshop C: Supporting victims of crime/terrorism:
Phoebe Jamieson, Council of Europe Network for Victims of Terrorism
Workshop D: Cybercrime and Human Rights:
Fernanda Teixeira Souza Domingos, CoE International Expert and Federal Prosecutor, São Paulo, Brazil
Reports
Eurojust Counterterrorism Report
Eurojust Memorandum on Battlefied Experience
Eurojust Summary of Expert Workshops on Right-wing extremism
Conclusions
Online HELP Seminar: Reinforcing International Cooperation in times of COVID-19 (21 March 2021)