EuCLR European Criminal Law Review

Population ageing is a phenomenon that affects our societies, with both the number and proportion of older people growing across Europe. This impacts the legal capacity of vulnerable adults, who face challenges and difficulties in protecting their...

The judicial reforms in Poland, which are harshly and continuously criticised as undermining the independence of Polish courts, have brought the principle of mutual recognition and the European arrest warrant (EAW) to its limits. These unprecedented...

In its Aranyosi and Căldăraru judgment, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) recognized explicitly for the first time the possibility for executing judicial authorities to deny the execution of European Arrest Warrants (EAWs) when there is a...

The subject of this article is cross-border electronic evidence gathering. First, the process of recognition and execution of the European Production Order will be examined, followed by the process of non-execution of the European Production Order...

On 1 December 2020, the Council of the European Union has adopted conclusions on ‘the European arrest warrant and extradition procedures - current challenges and the way forward’. They represent the Council’s response to the ongoing debate on...

The present report was drafted for the IV Working Group that was engaged on the very current topic of the decision on the surrender/extradition to third (non-EU) States of own nationals, EU citizens and persons residing in the execution State. This...

Mutual recognition is the rule which guides cooperation in criminal matters within the European Union. Whilst intended to facilitate and make cooperation faster, the Court of Justice has done exactly the opposite in its case law. It has raised the...