Chaired by Prof Dr Lorena Bachmaier Winter, both meetings focused on identifying pressing topics where ELI exploring this topic, with a view to scoping the confines of a prospective ELI project in the field.
At the first meeting participants discussed topics submitted in advance, while the second meeting provided an opportunity to discuss those in more depth and prepare a recommendation for ELI bodies.
Lorena Bachmaier Winter (Professor, Complutense University of Madrid, ELI Council Member), Nora Demleitner (Former President, St John’s College), Miranda de Meijer (European Prosecutor, EPPO), Derek Sweeting (High Court Judge, United Kingdom), Sir Andrew Ritchie (High Court Judge, United Kingdom), Jannemieke Ouwerkerk (Professor, Leiden University), Nandor Knust (Assistant Professor, University of Tromsø), Justyna Sarkowicz (District Prosecutor's Office, Poland), Bobbie Cheema-Grubb DBE (Justice of the High Court of England and Wales in the King's Bench Division), Chryssa Mela (Fair Trials Europe), Peter Jozsef Csonka (Head of Unit, Criminal Justice, DG JUST, European Commission), Stefano Ruggeri (Full Professor, Messina University), Ester Herlin-Karnell (Professor, University of Göteborg), Irene Wieczorek (Associate Professor, Durham University), Celina Nowak (Professor, University of Warsaw), Robert Kert (Professor, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business), Borja Jiménez Muñoz (Public Prosecutor, Spain), Slawomir Steinborn (Full Professor, University of Gdańsk; Judge, Gdańsk Appeal Court), Michele Panzavolta (Assistant Professor, KU Leuven University), Boudewijn de Jonge (Public Prosecutor, Liaison Magistrate), Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras Ballell (Professor, University Carlos III de Madrid; ELI President) and Christiane Wendehorst (Professor, University of Vienna, ELI Scientific Director) participated in the meetings.
Participants were joined by Marta Lages de Almeida (ELI Project Officer).
ELI would like to express its gratitude to the experts for their valuable contributions, which will be further consolidated and then considered by the ELI Executive Committee and Council.
