Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
Combating crime involves strengthening dialogue and action between the criminal justice authorities of Member States. Consequently, the European Union (EU) has established specific bodies to facilitate mutual assistance. In particular, Eurojust and the European Judicial Network support cooperation between judicial authorities.
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters is based on the principle of mutual recognition of judgements and judicial decisions by Member States. It involves the approximation of related national laws and the application of common minimum rules. The minimum rules mainly relate to the admissibility of evidence and the rights of crime victims as well as of individuals in criminal procedures.
Introduced by the Maastricht Treaty in 1993, judicial cooperation in criminal matters comes under Title V of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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GENERAL FRAMEWORK
- The Stockholm Programme
- Action plan on the Stockholm Programme
- The Hague Programme: 10 priorities for the next five yearsArchives
- Standing Committee on operational cooperation on internal security
- Rights of victims of crime (Proposal)
- Right of access to a lawyer (Proposal)
- Compensation to crime victims
- Exchange of information from criminal records
- Cooperation in criminal matters: protection of personal data
- Standing of victims in criminal proceedings
- Mutual assistance in criminal matters between Member States
- Convention on extradition between Member States
- Simplified extradition procedure between Member States
- Cooperation of individuals to combat organised crime
- European e-Justice Strategy
- European Case Law Identifier
- Justice Forum
- The rights of crime victims
- Plan d’action statistique 2011-2015 pour l’évaluation de la criminalité (FR)
- Developing a comprehensive EU strategy to measure crime and criminal justice
- The external dimension of the area of freedom, security and justice
- Jurisdiction in criminal matters: first and third pillar
- Green Paper on criminal proceedingsArchives
- Agreement with the United States on extradition
- Agreement with the United States on mutual legal assistance
- Agreement with Japan on mutual legal assistance
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MUTUAL RECOGNITION
- European protection order
- The right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings
- Jurisdiction in criminal proceedings: prevention and settlement of conflicts
- Mutual recognition of supervision measures
- Mutual recognition of pre-trial supervision measuresArchives
- European evidence warrant (EEW)
- Green Paper on mutual recognition of non-custodial pre-trial supervision measuresArchives
- Supervision of sentenced persons or persons on conditional release
- Mutual recognition of custodial sentences and measures involving deprivation of liberty
- Taking account of convictions in Member States in the course of new criminal proceedings
- Recognition and execution of confiscation orders
- Mutual recognition of financial penalties
- Execution of orders freezing property or evidence
- European arrest warrant
- Agreement on the surrender procedure between the EU Member States, Iceland and Norway
- Convention on Driving Disqualifications
- Criminal convictions: disqualifications
- Recognition of decisions in criminal matters: strengthening mutual trust
- Green Paper on the presumption of innocence
- Criminal proceedings: conflicts of jurisdiction and the ne bis in idem principle (Green Paper)Archives
- WAR CRIMES