The Lithuanian Ministry of Justice in cooperation with the Prosecutor General’s Office and the European Judicial Network is organizing the 41st plenary meeting of the European Judicial Network between 19-21 November in Vilnius in order to discuss issues concerning legal cooperation in criminal matters with third countries. The priority of the Lithuanian presidency is to propose legal cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries.
As Lithuanian Minister of Justice Juozas Bernatonis stated: “Crimes are of cross-border nature; thus, efficient legal cooperation in criminal matters becomes more and more important in combatting crime not only in the European Union, but also beyond its borders. Exchange of experience of cooperation with third countries will contribute to better solution of the problems arising in cooperation practices and allow defining the guidelines for future actions towards more efficient mutual relationship.”
Extradition and transfer of proceedings
Besides the possibility of legal cooperation with the Eastern Partnership countries, the meeting will address issues such as the extradition and transfer of proceedings in criminal matters and other important measures of legal cooperation in criminal matters. In addition, it will discuss the proposal for the reform of Eurojust.
The meeting will seek ways to reinforce cooperation in criminal cases and increase efficiency, as well as determine how the European Judicial Network could contribute to facilitate cooperation with third countries.
More than 100 participants, representatives from the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament, the European Commission, the EU Member States, the Eastern Partnership countries, other judicial networks and institutions are expected in the event.