Project funded by the European Union EUROMED JUSTICE II PROJECT STUDY VISIT Access of citizens to the judicial system information and to legal aid systems Vienna (AT), 27 29 October 2010
Tuesday 26 October 2010 19:30 20:00 Welcome of the participants at the Hotel Park Inn UNO City Debriefing on the programme for the participants Wednesday 27 October 2010 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Vienna International Centre (VIC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1220 Vienna Meeting room M 4 09:00 9:30 Registration of participants 09:30 10:45 Welcome / Opening Pierre Lapaque, Organized Crime Branch, Division for Treaty Affairs 11:00 11:45 UNODC in the MENA Region Cherine Rahmy and Elisabet Sundström, Africa & Middle East Team 11:45 12:00 Questions and answers session on the presentation 12:00 13:30 Lunch at the VIC restaurant 13:30 14:45 Access to justice: human trafficking and migrant smuggling Simone Heri, Organised Crime Branch 14:45 15:00 Questions and answers session on the presentation 15:00 15:15 Break 15:15 16:45 Legal aid and specific groups Anna Giudice Saget and Mia Spolander, Justice Section 16:45 17:00 Questions and answers session on the presentation 2
Thursday 28 October 2010 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Vienna International Centre (VIC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1220 Vienna Meeting room M 4 09:30 10:15 Draft UN Principles and Guidelines on Access to Legal Aid Claudia Baroni, Justice Section 10:15 10:30 Questions and answers session on the presentation 10:30 11:45 Legal aid and corruption Luca Castellani, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch 11:45 12:00 Questions and answers session on the presentation 12:00 13:30 Lunch at the VIC restaurant 13:30 14:45 Foreigners access to legal aid Dr. Michael Platzer 14:45 15:00 Questions and answers session on the presentation 15:00 15:15 Break 15:15 16:45 Legal Aid as a Rule of Law component Tim Del Vecchio, Strategic Police Matters Unit, Organization for Security and Co operation in Europe (OSCE) 16:45 17:00 Questions and answers session on the presentation 3
Friday 29 October 2010 EU Agency for Fundamental Rights Schwarzenbergplatz 11,1040 Vienna 09:30 10:30 Study on Access to Justice, Israel Butler, Freedoms and Justice Department, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights 10:30 10:45 Questions and answers session on the presentation United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Vienna International Centre (VIC), Wagramer Strasse 5, 1220 Vienna Meeting room M 4 11:30 12:15 Intervention service example: The Mutual Legal Assistance Request Writer Tool (MLA Tool) Mounia Ben Hammou, Division for Treaty Affairs 12:15 12:30 Questions and answers session on the presentation 12:30 14:00 Lunch at the VIC restaurant 14:00 15:30 Access to Justice in Austria Justice Renate Winter, Undersecretary of the United Nations, member of the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court of Sierra Leone 15:30 15:45 Questions and answers session on the presentation 15:45 16:00 Break 16:00 17:00 Evaluation of the study visit by the participants, the person in charge of the visit at the UNODC and the Coordinator of the EuroMed Justice II Project 4
GENERAL INTRODUCTION The EuroMed Justice II Project: The European Commission launched the second regional project in the field of justice in the Euro Mediterranean area, EuroMed Justice II (1 st January 2008 1 st April 2011). This project is funded by the European Commission (DG EuropeAid Co operation Office) under the Euro Mediterranean policy of the EU. The implementation of this project has been entrusted by the European Commission to a consortium led by the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) and composed of the International and Ibero American Foundation of Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP) and of the Spanish General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ). The European Centre for the Regions (ECR), the Centre of the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA) in Barcelona, is the Programme Management Unit for the EuroMed Justice II Project. The beneficiaries of this project are: the People s Democratic Republic of Algeria, the Arab Republic of Egypt, Israel, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, the Republic of Lebanon, the Kingdom of Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Republic of Tunisia. This project has a total duration of 39 months, between January 2008 and April 2011, with 12 working groups meetings (already done in 2008 2009), 18 training seminars (being completed) and 10 study visits to be developed during this period. The project is structured around three different components: Access to justice and legal aid; Resolution of cross border family conflicts; and Criminal and prison law. The Study visit: This study visit is taking place in the framework of a series of study visits up to ten that will be organised between October 2010 and February 2011 for participants from the Mediterranean partner countries to administrations of EU Member States or international or regional organisations operating in the fields covered by the EuroMed Justice II Project. These visits are the best methodology to get acquainted with the best experiences and good practices available in the Mediterranean partners and EU countries in the field of justice. The participants profile will correspond to three different levels: o Decision makers o Policy makers and high ranking officials in charge of applying the policies o Magistrates, judges, prosecutors and other legal professionals. The title of this study visit is: 5
"Access of citizens to information on the judicial system and to legal aid systems" The host administration: The host administration, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna, Austria, has worked in close cooperation with the EuroMed Justice II Project Coordinator to prepare this study visit and draft an agenda that takes account of the varied interests of all participating countries. We would like to thank the persons in charge of this visit at the UNODC for their availability and the very interesting visits they managed to put on the agenda of this study visit. For further information on the host administration, please consult the website: http://www.unodc.org/ ORGANISATION AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS Each participant should carry his/her passport and his/her invitation letter during the whole duration of the visit. Travel and hotel costs of the Mediterranean partners representatives will be borne by the Project. Moreover, participants will be given a daily allowance corresponding to the rules of the European Commission in this field in order to cover their meals and local transport during the study visit. Accommodation of the participants: The MEDA participants will be staying at the: Park Inn Uno City, Vienna Wagramerstrasse 16 18 1220 Vienna Austria T: + 43 (1) 260 40 F: + 43 (1) 260 40 699 6
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS / LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS ALGERIE / ALGERIA Mohammed ALLANE Procureur de la République prés le tribunal de Boumerdés BOUMERDES Abdelmadjid DJEBARI Procureur de la République prés le tribunal de Guelma GUELMA Noureddine HAMMAOUCHE Procureur de la République prés le tribunal d'illizi ILLIZI ISRAEL / ISRAËL Batsheva BARTOV Deputy Administrator General and Official Reviewer, Manager of Jerusalem district JERUSALEM Irit SHLESINGER ZRIBI Senior Deputy to the District Public Defender (Tel Aviv and the Center Area) TEL AVIV Malca VEROLAVSKI Area Manager, First Assistant of the Head of the Legal Aid Office in Tel Aviv and Central District TEL AVIV JORDAN / JORDANIE Mohammed Adli AL NASSER State Attorney for State Cases Department AMMAN Khaled AL WREIKAT Member of the Court of Appeal Member of appeal court Department of sharia court AMMAN Amal ALI Judge AMMAN 7
LIBAN / LEBANON Hala HAJJAR Juge Conseillère a la cour d assises du Liban Sud SAIDA Najib LYAN Avocat BEYROUTH MAROC / MOROCCO Drissia EL OUARDI Commisaire Judiciaire 2º Grade chargée d'études Direction des affaires civiles RABAT Lotfi MOULINE Premier substitut du procureur du Roi, détaché a la direction des affaires pénales et des grâces RABAT PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY / AUTORITÉ PALESTINIENNE Awatif AHMED First Instance Court Judge RAMALLAH Raed ASI First Instance Court Judge RAMALLAH 8
EIPA ECR Khaled ABOUALI Project Coordinator Euromed Justice II Project Senior Lecturer EIPA ECR BARCELONA Implemented by a consortium led by the: European Institute of Public Administration European Centre for the Regions (EIPA ECR) c/ Girona, 20 ES 08010 Barcelona Tel.: +34 93 567 24 00 Fax: +34 93 567 23 99 E mail: miguel.medina@euromed justice.eu www.euromed justice.eu 9