Eurojust, EU Commission
EU Commission and Eurojust to be questioned on Extradition Law
8 December 2014
Following its evidence session with the Home Secretary last week, the House of Lords Select Committee examining Extradition Law will question the President of Eurojust and a Director from the European Commission, on Wednesday 10 December.
Witnesses
Wednesday 10 December 2014, Committee Room 1, House of Lords
At 10.10am
- Michèle Coninsx, President of Eurojust (by videolink)
At 10.55am
- Olivier Tell, Head of the Procedural Criminal Law Unit, Directorate General Justice of the European Commission (by videolink)
Areas of discussion
The Committee will question Ms Coninsx on the EAW, and seek answers on:
- whether the principle of mutual recognition, on which EAWs rely, is fundamentally flawed due to a gulf in standards of justice across the EU;
- any criticisms that are levelled at the UK's use of the EAW;
- suggestions that the EAW is being used incorrectly by some Member States (using it as a first option rather than as a last resort as originally intended); and
- the implications of the UK opting back into the EAW without participating into the rights of the individual in criminal proceedings.
The Committee will question Mr Tell on aspects of the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) system, including:
- the Commission's view on the appropriateness of re-opening consideration of amendments to the Framework Directive;
- the Commission’s appetite for enacting recommendations made in Baroness Ludford's report about the EAW;
- how the Commission’s work on the procedural roadmap has addressed the alleged disparity between the rights of the individual and the rights of the State; and
- whether the Commission is confident that the UK has enacted the EAW in line with European law.