High level Conference

COUNTERING CROSS-BORDER CRIME -HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLICATIONS

(Improving international and multi-agency cooperation to tackle radicalisation, terrorism and organised crime)

Organised within the framework of the EU-CoE project ‘HELP Radicalisation prevention, Judicial response to terrorism and International cooperation in criminal matters on 20 & 21 October 2021, the Conference will provide a unique opportunity for justice professionals (judges, prosecutors, lawyers, security forces, prison and probation officers, policymakers) to exchange experiences and best practices on these subjects, with a multi-agency and transnational approach. It will include general sessions and workshops on a variety of topics: priorities and challenges during investigation and arrest, judicial cooperation & mutual legal assistance, imprisonment & probation; returnee Foreign Terrorists Fighters (FTFs) and their families; de-radicalisation/disengagement programmes; supporting victims of terrorism and cybercrime.

Participating entities and agencies will include: Council of Europe, RAN (Radicalisation Awareness network), Eurojust, Europol, the CEP (Confederation of European Probation) and Europris.

 Presentations: 

Eva Pastrana, Head of Justice and Human Rights Division, Council of Europe (DG I)

Anita Van de Kar-Bachelet, Head of Mutual Assistance Unit, Council of Europe (DG I)

Eva Mass-Arranz, HELP Project Coordinator, Council of Europe, Overview of HELP courses related to international cooperation on countering cross-border crime

Roundtable - International Cooperation: Challenges throughout the criminal process: 

Vera Pavinska, Acting Head of Unit for Trainig and Research, European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)

Hilde Vandevoorde, Chair of the Eurojust Counter-Terrorism Team and National Member for Belgium

Nadya Radkovska, Vice-Chair of the CoE Council for Penological Cooperation (PC-CP)

Workshop A: Returning Foreign Terrorists Fighters (FTFs), including returnee women and children: 

Dr Magnus Ranstorp, Leading Scholar on FTFs, Research Director at the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish Defense University & Special Adviser fo the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN)

Steffen Saigusa Nielsen, East Jutland Police, Crime Prevention Section.

Workshop B: De-radicalisation/Dis-engagement programmes in Prison & Probation: 

Vivian Geiran, Member of the Council of Euopre PC-CP and former Director of Irish Probation Service

Workshop C: Supporting victims of crime/terrorism: 

Phoebe Jamieson, Council of Europe Network for Victims of Terrorism

Workshop D: Cybercrime and Human Rights: 

Fernanda Teixeira Souza Domingos, CoE International Expert and Federal Prosecutor, São Paulo, Brazil

Eva Massa-Arranz, HELP Project Coordinator, Council of Europe: How to implement a HELP course at national level

 Reports

Eurojust Counterterrorism Report

Eurojust Memorandum on Battlefied Experience

Eurojust Summary of Expert Workshops on Right-wing extremism

 Conclusions

Online HELP Seminar: Reinforcing International Cooperation in times of COVID-19 (21 March 2021)

HELP High-level Conference: Countering cross-border crime- human rights implications (20-21 October 2021)