The European Criminal Law Review (EuCLR) is a journal dedicated to the development of European Criminal Law and the cooperation in criminal matters within the European Union. In these areas the Lisbon Treaty has supposedly brought about the most important changes and also the greatest challenges for the future. It is the journal’s ambition to provide a primary forum for comprehensive discussion and critical analysis of all questions arising in relation to European Criminal Law. It will include articles and relevant material on topics such as - the harmonisation of national criminal law in consideration of European legal instruments, - the implementation of the principle of mutual recognition in the area of cooperation in criminal matters and the development towards the creation of a European Public Prosecutor, - the emergence of a balanced European Criminal Policy based on fundamental rights, freedom and democracy with particular reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and the European Convention on Human Rights.
The first year of operations of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) was basically very successful. However, also several problems came to light which the European Union’s first original prosecution authority has still to overcome. One...
This paper focuses on Regulation 2018/1805/UE, and aims to highlight its strengths and weaknesses. After a brief overview of the legal framework concerning freezing and confiscation orders, the paper seeks to underline the possible part of the...
In the absence of unambiguous interpretations of the concepts of slavery, servitude, forced labour and labour exploitation offered by the sociological and anthropological debate, the article analyses the same concepts from a normative point of view,...
Italian criminal law regarding domestic violence has undergone only limited amendments in order to fulfil the obligations enshrined in the Istanbul Convention. This article examines the scope of the offences included in the Criminal Code, in order...
In this article, I analyse and discuss the demands of the Court of Justice of the EU to the transposition into domestic law of the grounds for optional non-execution in Articles 4 and 4a of Council Framework Decision 2002/584 on the European arrest...
This article addresses the preventive custodial measures provided for by Portuguese law. First, the authors describe penal sanctions, with a special focus on the ‘relatively indeterminate sentence’, which can be regarded as a hybrid between...