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.
Asset recovery has been considered a key element in the fight against organized crime for almost two decades. Yet, its celebration in policy documents and civil society debates stands in stark contrast to the realities on the ground. The EU wants to...
In the course of 2019, the Luxembourg court was invited to reflect and rule on the interpretation of different provisions within the EU’s legal framework governing cooperation in criminal matters. Analysis of the court’s case law reveals that...
The conflict in Syria and Iraq has raised the debate on foreign fighters to unprecedented levels. The international community expressed grave concern over this acute and growing threat and addressed the problem by, inter alia, obliging States to...
The purpose of this paper is to try to analyse the Polish regulation of the victim’s right to a review of a decision not to prosecute, issued in pre-trial proceedings conducted in the form of an inquiry. Although the Directive 2012/29/EU...
While European regulations prohibiting forced labour do not explicitly address the impact of remuneration on its presence, a closer look at corresponding case law identifies that indeed some specific principles are repeatedly applied by the European...