Specialist conference
Details
Monday, 14 May 2007
09:00 - 09:30 Arrival and registration of participants
09:30 - 10:00 Welcome Remarks
Dr. Stefanie Ricarda Roos, Director, Rule of Law Program
South East Europe, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (confirmed)
Sorin Sterie, Expert Working Table III, Acting Head of the SPOC
Secretariat, Stability Pact (confirmed)
Section 1: Common Standards in Criminal Proceedings to Improve an
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice within the European
Union
10:00 - 10:30 Key-note Speech:
Tudor Alexandru Chiuariu, Minister of Justice, Romania (confirmed)
10:30 – 11:00 The Proposal by the German EU Council Presidency for a Council
Framework Decision on Certain Procedural Rights in Criminal
Proceedings throughout the European Union
Eberhard Siegismund, Deputy General Director, Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Republic of Germany (confirmed)
11:00 - 11:15 Valeriu Stoica, Attorney at Law, former Minister of Justice, member
of the Liberal Democrats’ Party, Romania (confirmed)
11:15 - 12:00Plenary discussion
Moderator: Sorin Sterie
12:00 – 12:30 Coffee break
Section 2: Safeguarding the Procedural Rights in Criminal
Proceedings on the National Level – the Legal Framework
of the Countries of South East Europe
12:30 - 12:45Introduction to and Presentation of Comparative Law Study on Procedural Safeguards in SEE countries
Dr. Stefanie Ricarda
Presentations of Country Law Studies - Part 1: Bulgaria and Romania
12:45 - 13:00Presentation of the Country Law Study for Bulgaria
Judge Ivan Dimov, President of the Legal Interaction Alliance, Bulgaria
(confirmed)
13:00 - 13:15Presentation of the Country Law Study for Romania
Dr. Sergiu Bogdan, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University Babeş- Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (confirmed)
13:15 - 13:30Plenary Discussion
Moderator:Sorin Sterie, Expert Working Table III, Acting Head of the SPOC Secretariat, Stability Pact (confirmed)
13:30 - 15:00Buffet
Presentations of Country Law Studies - Part 2
15:00 - 15:15Presentation of Country Law Study for Albania
Ervin Mete, Legal Advisor, Council of Ministers of Albania on behalf of
Prof. Skender Kacupi, Faculty of Law, Tirana University, Albania
(confirmed)
15:15 - 15:30Presentation of Country Law Study for Bosnia-Herzegovina
Prof. Dr. Hajrija Sijerčić-Čolić, Faculty of Law, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina (confirmed)
15:30 - 15:45Presentation of Country Law Study for Croatia
Prof. Dr. Josip Kregar, Dean, Faculty of Law, Zagreb, Croatia (t.b.c.)
15:45 - 16:15Plenary Discussion
Moderator: Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Spormann, Attorney at Law, Germany
(confirmed)
16:15 - 16:45Coffee break
16:45 - 17:00Presentation of Country Law Study for the Republic of Macedonia
Emil Miftari, Attorney at Law, Vice-President of the Macedonian Young Lawyers Association, Republic of Macedonia (confirmed)
17:00 - 17:15 Presentation of Country Law Study for the Republic of Montenegro
Judge Dr. Branko Vučković, President of Kotor Court, Republic of Montenegro (confirmed)
17:15 - 17:30 Presentation of Country Law Study for Serbia
Vanja Bajović, assistant, Law Faculty, University of Belgrade on behalf of
Prof. Dr. Milan Škuić, Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, Serbia
(confirmed)
17:30 - 18:00Plenary Discussion and conclusion of the first Conference Day
Moderator: Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Spormann, Attorney at Law, Germany (confirmed)
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
09:30 - 10:00Welcome coffee
Section 3:Workshops
10:00 - 12:00Workshop 1 - The New EU Members Bulgaria and Romania: Post-accession Responsibilities Regarding the Formulation of and Compliance with Minimum Standards in Criminal Proceedings
Gabriela Scutea, Deputy General Prosecutor, General Prosecutor’s Office, Romania (confirmed)
Diana Ionescu, assistant, Law Faculty, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania (confirmat)
Moderator: Dr. Stefanie Ricarda Roos, Director, Rule of Law Program South East Europe, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (confirmed)
Workshop 2 – Ensuring the Compliance with Procedural Rights of Suspected and their Defense in Judicial Cooperation: the Work of the Southeast European Prosecutors Advisory Group (SEEPAG)
Moderator: George Hardy, Resident Legal Advisor, SECI Center (confirmed)
12:00 - 12:30Coffee break
12:30 - 13:30 Presentation of workshop results and discussions
Moderator: Moritz Hildebrand, SPOC Secretariat, Stability Pact
for South Eastern Europe
13:30 - 14:00 Final remarks and closing of conference
Dr. Stefanie Ricarda Roos
14:00 - 15:30Lunch buffet
15:30 Departure of participants
