To familiarize the legal professionals with the developmental trends of legal instruments for cooperation in criminal matters, the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (CFJJ) is going to organise a workshop under the theme "Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters". This event will take place on December 3rd - 7th (Monday – Friday), from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Auditorium of the CFJJ, Rua do Dr. Pedro José Lobo, n.° 1-3, Luso International Banking building, 18th floor, Workshop as part of the 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, the workshop will feature as its keynote speaker Ms. Joana Antónia Ribeiro Gomes Ferreira, Head of Documentation and Comparative Law Office of Portugal's Attorney General's Office, Coordinator of the International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters Services Branch of Portugal's Attorney General's Office, Attorney-General of the Republic, Portugal. This workshop will be conducted in Portuguese with simultaneous translation to Cantonese. During the five daily sessions, which will take place until December 7th, the following topics will be discussed: 1. Judicial cooperation in criminal matters:
a) Sources and general principles;
b) Key regulatory instruments and its hierarchy: UN (United Nations); EU (European Union); CPSC (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries); bilateral instruments;
c) The national option for a specific legislative instrument. 2. Extradition and the international surrender of persons:
a) Sources and general principles;
b) The main instruments including the surrender procedures to the international criminal bodies;
c) General schemes of Macao and of Portugal. Portugal's case: one country with various schemes;
d) Practical case discussion. 3. Other forms of judicial cooperation in criminal matters:
a) Transfer of sentenced persons;
b) Transfer of proceedings in criminal matters;
c) Enforcement of foreign criminal sentences;
d) Practical application. 4. Mutual legal assistance in criminal matters:
a) Sources and general principles;
b) General principles and main forms of cooperation;
c) The use of new technologies;
d) Cybercrime. Judicial / police cooperation and collection of evidence;
e) Case discussion. 5. The negotiation and drafting of treaties, agreements and other international instruments in the area of police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters:
a) Legislative assessment and the OECD's checklist (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development);
b) The prioritisation of criminal policy and internal security, taking into consideration criminal flows and international priorities;
c) The pre-existing legal framework and the fall-back positions;
d) The explanatory reports;
e) The drafting of legislation: general concepts and language standardisation. The 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, which incorporates this workshop, has as its main objective the "Consolidation of the Macao Legal System" and will take place until December 2013. The execution of this Programme is coordinated by the Law Reform and International Law Bureau, with the participation of several other MSAR's entities and public departments, namely the Legal and Judicial Training Centre, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Macau Economic Services, the Financial Services Bureau and the Institute of European Studies of Macao.
