Dubrovnik, Croatia, 14-16 May 2015
PROGRAMME
Conference
EUROPEAN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW IN SERVICE OF
PROTECTION OF EUROPEAN UNION FINANCIAL INTERESTS:
STATE OF PLAY AND CHALLENGES
Conference languages: Croatian - English
Venue: Hotel Ariston
Kardinala Stepinca Street 31, 20 000, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Phone: +385 (0)20 440 100
Arrival Day: Thursday, 14 May
19,30-20,00
Welcome drink, lounge terrace “On the Rocks”
20,00-22,00
Opening dinner, lounge terrace “On the Rocks”
Friday, 15 May
8,30-9,00
Registration
9,00-9,30
Opening session with Welcome Addresses
Zlata Đurđević, President of the Croatian Association of European
Criminal Law
Damir Kos, Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia
Darko Klier, State’s Attorney Office of the Republic of Croatia
Dražen Tripalo, President of the Croatian Association of Criminal
Sciences and Practice
9,30
Session I:
Financial investigations - mechanisms to enhance exchange
of information and mutual cooperation in asset recovery
Chairperson:
Zlata Đurđević, Professor, University of Zagreb
Rapporteurs:
9,30-9,45
Debbie Price, Head of the United Kingdom Central Authority
International Criminality Unit, Home Office
9,45-10,00
Johan Boucht, Associate Professor, University of Oslo
10,00-10,15
Ute Stiegel, Deputy Head of Unit OLAF
10,15-10,30
Michele Simonato, Post-doctoral researcher, University of
Luxembourg
10,30-11,00
Coffee break
11,00-12,00
Contributions and comments
Commentators:
Milorad Barašin (Prosecutor’s Office of Bosina and Herzegovina),
Gordana Bužarovska (Professor, University of Skopje), Elizabeta
Ivičević Karas (Associate Professor, University of Zagreb), Petar
Novoselec (Professor, University of Zagreb), Matko Pajčić
(Assistant Professor, University of Split), Marijo Rošić (Croatian
Ministry of Internal Affairs), Dražen Tripalo (Judge, Croatian
Supreme Court)
12,00-12,30
Reactions from the Plenary
12,30-14,30
Lunch break, Mediterraneo restaurant
14,30
Session II:
Procedural rights of defence – strengthening the rights of
suspects in criminal proceedings;
Chairperson:
Matko Pajčić, Assistant Professor, University of Split
Rapporteurs:
14,30-14,45
Zlata Đurđević, Professor, University of Zagreb
14,45-15,00
Katja Šugman Stubbs, Professor, University of Ljubljana
15,00-15,15
Silvia Allegrezza, Professor, University of Luxembourg
15,15-15,30
Zoran Burić, Assistant Lecturer, University of Zagreb
15,30-16,00
Coffee break
16,00-17,00
Contributions and Comments
Commentators:
Stanko Bejatović, (Professor, University of Kragujevac), Primož
Gorkič (Assistant Professor, University of Ljubljana), Damir Kos
(Judge, Croatian Supreme Court), Lovorka Kušan (Attorney at Law,
Zagreb), Celina Novak (Polish Academy of Sciences/Kozminski
University)
17,00-17,30
Reactions from the Plenary
19,00
Departure by bus to the Klarisa restaurant for dinner
Saturday, 16 May
09,30
Session III:
European institutions (OLAF, EUROJUST, EPPO) – recent
developments and outlook into the future
Chairperson:
Elizabeta Ivičević Karas, Associate Professor, University of Zagreb
9,30-11,00
Panel
Peter Csonka, Head of Unit, Directorate-General Justice,
Freedom and Security, European Commission, Brussels
Nataša Đurović, Croatian State’s Attorney Office
Malči Gabrijelčič, EUROJUST
Katalin Ligeti, Professor, University of Luxembourg
Lorenzo Salazar, Director, Ministry of Justice, Italy
John Vervaele, Professor, University of Utrecht
Marianne Wade, Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham
11,00-11,30
Coffee break
11,30-12,15
Panel (continuation)
12,15-12,45
Reactions from the plenary
12,45-13,00
Concluding remarks
13,00 – 13,45
Refreshments