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In the context of cooperation with the Academy of European Law (ERA) as well as with the Justice Academy of Kosova, on 11 – 12 December, 2023, the School of Magistrates of Albania, will organize a joint training on topic:
“Introduction to the EU Environmental Criminal Law.”
The purpose of this 1.5 day seminar is:
- To provide participants with a presentation with the key EU provisions to fight the environmental crime.
The seminar will be focused mostly on the EU Directive on the environmental crime and the role of different institutions in this field of the law, such as, EU bodies, ECJ and domestic judges.
Participants will try to understand EU policies on environmental crime, their application in national level and its implications in the prosecutorial, investigation and judicial work.
The seminar will put light on the environmental protection through criminal law, with special focus on different fields of environmental protection, including wildlife trafficking, illegal fishing, water and waste crime, wildlife crime and deforestation.
The addressing of these issues will make easier the treatment of future national judicial procedures in this ground.
The panel of training experts is composed of international experts in the field of environmental law, as well as of experts from Kosova and Albania.
The main topics that will be elaborated in this training activity are as follows:
- Directives on environmental crime;
- EU policies on environmental crime;
- Economic influence and instruments to fight the environmental crime;
- The role of EU agencies;
- Environmental crime on wildlife trafficking and illegal fishing;
- Investigation and criminal prosecution of the crime of waters and waste;
- The role of national courts;
- ECJ judicial practice;
- Application and national judicial practice.
