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.
This paper aims at providing a critical perspective on the European Union’s adoption of criminal law as a key mechanism for enforcing sanctions against Russia and Belarus following the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. It scrutinizes the evolution and...
The European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on combating corruption would entail a massive expansion of criminal liability that would go well beyond the traditional concept of corruption. The proposal would make numerous non-binding UNCAC...
The protection of the truthfulness and transparency of corporate information is a classic pillar of the economic criminal law. Criminal provisions aimed at punishing false accounting and other false corporate communications have been present for a...
This article outlines the central positions of ECtHR case-law regarding the application of the criminal limb of Article 6 ECHR, and particularly the presumption of innocence (Art. 6 [2] ECHR), in the field of confiscation. Special focus is placed on...
The introduction of Directive 2017/1371, also known as the “PIF Directive”, represents a significant outcome of the European Union’s efforts to harmonise criminal laws across Member States, aimed at enhancing the fight against financial fraud...
On 21 December 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter: ECJ) ruled on the question referred by the Oberlandesgericht Wien (Higher Regional Court, Vienna, Austria) concerning the interpretation of Art. 31 para. 3 of Council...