MEIOR Final Conference

Judicial scrutiny in EIO proceedings

25—26 March 2024, Leuven

Aula Wolfspoort (00.08), Huis Bethlehem, Schapenstraat 43, 3000 Leuven (Or via Microsoft Teams: Meeting ID 372 355 484 495, Passcode FLEE2n)

The KU Leuven—Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC), together with Uniwersytet Gdański, Università degli Studi di Padova, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Uppsala Universitet welcome you to the MEIOR Conference.

The Conference will examine structures of judicial review in European Investigation Order (EIO) proceedings. It will offer a platform for the partners of the MEIOR Project to present their findings as well as to engage with other scholars and stakeholders in a broader discussion on the need for, function and type of judicial scrutiny in cross-border investigations.

Monday, 25 March 2024

13.30—13.45 Welcome and Introduction

Michele Panzavolta (KU Leuven)

Anna Mosna (Leiden University / KU Leuven)

13.35—18.00 Session 1

Moderator: Anna Mosna

Panel 1: Findings of the MEIOR Research: Reflection on more efficient cooperation and effective fundamental rights protection. Featuring—

Michele Panzavolta (KU Leuven)

Marcello Daniele (Università degli Studi di Padova)

Sławomir Steinborn and Dawid Świeczkowski (Uniwersytet Gdański)

Lorena Bachmaier Winter (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

Maria Bergström and Johanna Engström (Uppsala Universitet)

Moderator: Lorena Bachmaier Winter

Panel 2: National approaches to judicial review in EIO proceedings. Featuring—

Nicholas Franssen (Counsellor at the Ministry of Justice and Security in The Netherlands).

Catherine Van de Heyning (Substituut-procureur des Konings bij Openbaar ministerie. University of Antwerp)

Wojciech Jasiński (University of Wrocław)

Chloé Fauchon (Université de Strasbourg—Universidad de Salamanca)

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

09.00—13.00 Session 2

Moderator: Marcello Daniele

Panel 3: Judicial control in digital investigations. Featuring—

Martin Böse (Universität Bonn)

Oscar Calavita (Università di Torino)

Fabio Nicolicchia (Università di Ferrara)

Jan-Jaap Oerlemans (Leiden University)

Moderator: Sławomir Steinborn

Panel 4: Judicial protection in EPPO cross-border investigations. Featuring—

Luca de Matteis (Acting Head of the Legal Service of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office)

Anna Mosna (Leiden University / KU Leuven)

Nicolò Gibelli (Università di Bologna and Università di Pisa)

13.45—17.40 Session 3

Moderator: Maria Bergström

Panel 5: Coordinates of effective protection: judicial independence, concepts of legal remedy and fundamental rights. Featuring—

Massimo Bolognari (Università di Padova)

Francesco Sanvitale (Università della Tuscia)

Gianluca Borgia (Università di Pisa)

Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek (Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski)

Lorenzo Bernardini (University of Luxembourg)

Moderator: Małgorzata Wąsek-Wiaderek

Panel 6: Judicial protection in cross-border evidence gathering beyond the EIO. Featuring—

Karolina Kiejnich-Kruk (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)

Costanza De Caro (Università di Firenze)

17:40—18.00 Concluding remarks

Michele Panzavolta (KU Leuven)

Anna Mosna (Leiden University / KU Leuven)