ABOUT THE COURSE

            ″EU SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW  &  PROTECTION  OF  VICTIMS″              

The course will be held in Dubrovnik from 22 – 26 April 2014.

The main objective of this course is to transfer advanced knowledge and understanding of the EU Substantive Criminal Law and Protection of Victims. The course lecturers will be addressing the topics of the EU substantive criminal law, data protection and EU procedure, the approximation of laws and regulations of the Member States in the areas of trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of women and children, terrorism, illicit, drug trafficking, protection of financial interests of the EU, money laundering, corruption and organized crime and protection of victims in general within the EU.

The course is open to interested participants from academia, foremost graduate and postgraduate law students, but also to students of political sciences, social work studies, education and rehabilitation, police academy, etc., as well as practitioners from government institutions and members of the NGO sector.

While the morning classes will be given by course lecturers, renowned experts in the field, afternoons will be devoted to short presentations by the students on a topic of their own choice, related to any of the themes covered by this course. Presentations of about 10-15 minutes in English language qualify students for graduation from the course and lead to course certificate and 4 ECTS points, recognized by the Faculty of Law in Zagreb. Participants are also encouraged to take an active part in discussions following the lectures and in the afternoons.

The course fee of 100 EUR includes enrolment, student materials, participation in the lectures and extra activities (students of Zagreb University, including Erasmus students, are exempted from this registration fee). The course fee is to be paid in advance by bank transfer (all the information will be provided with the letter of acceptance). In addition, all participants (including students enrolled at the Zagreb Faculty of Law) are required to pay a 40 EUR fee directly to IUC upon arrival. The online application is open until the end of March 2014.

For further questions and discussions please visit our Facebook page: ″EU Substantive Criminal Law and Protection of Victims” or contact course directors Maja Munivrana Vajda (maja.munivrana@pravo.hr) or Sunčana Roksandić Vidilička (suncana.roksandic@pravo.hr).

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Dubrovnik!