Objective

The UK’s withdrawal from the EU and hence from the European criminal justice area will have significant consequences for judicial cooperation in criminal matters. This conference will focus on the post-Brexit relationship between the EU and the UK in this area. It will give participants an overview of which elements in European criminal justice will be affected and how a future post-Brexit cooperation between the EU and the UK can be designed.

Key topics

• Current state of play of the negotiations
• Post-Brexit access to databases and information-sharing between the EU and the UK
• Future legal framework for criminal justice cooperation between the EU and UK
• The UK’s participation in EU agencies as a third country

 Speakers

David J. Dickson, Solicitor Advocate, National Expert on Human Rights, Mutual Recognition and Extradition,  EJN Contact Point, Crown Office, Edinburgh

Magdalena Jagiello, Member of the Task Force on Article 50 Negotiations with the United Kingdom, European Commission, Brussels*

HH Judge Joanna Korner CMG QC, Southwark Crown Court, London

Holger Matt, Defence Lawyer, former Chairman of the European Criminal Bar Association; Honorary Professor, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt

Hans Nilsson, Head of Procurement Coordination Unit, former Head of Fundamental Rights and Criminal Justice Division, General Secretariat, Council of the European Union, Brussels

Anne Weyembergh, Professor, President of the Institute for European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels

*invited