Blended Intensive Programme
«Science and Knowledge in Criminal Justice in the Era of (In)Security»
Summer School – Messina, 3-13 July 2023
Host University: University of Messina (Italy)
Partners: University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain), University of Miskolc (Hungary), University of Szeged (Hungary), University of Valladolid (Spain)
Organizational Committee: procedurapenaleunime@gmail.com
The Erasmus BIP «Science and Knowledge in Criminal Justice in the Era of (In)Security» deals with the recent developments that have taken place in criminal justice systems to fight new criminal phenomena that more and more endanger public order and security. Whereas there is no doubt that security today also stands out among the most precious individual rights and legal goods of the utmost relevance, the increase of securitist concerns requires the enhancement of criminal-law intervention on both fields on substantive and procedural law. In the current era of growing insecurity, crime control and criminal investigation sets huge challenges with a view to the achievement of proper trade-offs between prosecutorial needs and individual rights, while calling for new forms of judicial knowledge, especially in the light of the scientific and technological evolution. In particular, the digital transition has already entailed radical changes in investigative and judicial practices, while calling for new criminal-justice policies in legal scenarios characterised by an increasing inter-legality and inter-judicial confrontation. Against this background, the emergence of unprecedented forms of organised and terrorism-related crimes, due to their negative impact mainly on security, stability, the rule of law, and sustainable development, requires the strengthening of a comparative-law approach, which turns out to be an indispensable tool to face the enormous difficulties set by cross-border cases.
The Course will take place in a blended form. The first week shall be devoted to teaching activities, which will be held on the days 3-4 July online, and 6-7 July at the Law Department of Messina University. The second week will be dedicated to a moot court competition. The days of 10 July and 11 July will be committed to the introduction and preparation of the moot court. On 12 July and 13 July, the moot court competition will take place. In this phase, students will have the opportunity for showing the achievements and knowledge gained during the course.
Dates for virtual activity: 3rd July- 4th July 2023
Dates for physical activity: 6th July-13th July 2023
Credits: no. 3
Institutional greetings
• Salvatore Cuzzocrea, Rettore dell’Università degli Studi di Messina
• Alessio Lo Giudice, Direttore del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Messina
Introduction, aims and methodology of the course
• Stefano Ruggeri, Università degli Studi di Messina
The evolution of science and technologies and new forms of judicial knowledge in the era of insecurity
• Chair: Lina Panella, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Eduardo Demetrio Crespo, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
• Paulo de Sousa Mendes, Universidade de Lisboa
• Laura D’Amico, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Laura Terrizzi, Università degli Studi di Messina
Coffee break
Consensual mechanisms, negotiated procedures and new forms of fact-finding
• Chair: Paulo de Sousa Mendes, Universidade de Lisboa
• Paola Maggio, Università degli Studi di Palermo
• Elisea Malino, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Viviana Di Nuzzo, Università degli Studi di Messina
Preventing and investigating crime in the digital era: new procedural rights
• Chair: Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Luis Greco, Humboldt-Universität Zu Berlin
• Annalisa Mangiaracina, Università degli Studi di Palermo
• Lucia Parlato, Università degli Studi di Palermo
• Claudio Orlando, Università degli Studi di Messina
Coffee break
Free movement of evidence and free circulation of personal data. Towards a uniform (transnational) procedural space?
• Chair: Annalisa Mangiaracina, Università degli Studi di Palermo
• Stefano Ruggeri, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Antonella Falcone, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Diego Foti, Università degli Studi di Messina
Welcoming speeches
• Antonino Germanà, Prorettore all’internazionalizzazione dell’Università degli Studi di Messina
• Vittoria Berlingò, Referente per la Mobilità internazionale del Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Giuseppe Lucchese, Responsabile dell’Ufficio Mobilità Internazionale, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Norita De Angelis, Responsabile Unità Operativa Mobilità per Studio, Università degli Studi di Messina
The evolution of the criminal-law policy regarding transnational organised crimes in Europe: a multilevel and comparative approach
• Chair: Eduardo Demetrio Crespo, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
• Rosaria Sicurella, Università di Catania
• Erzsébet Molnár, Szegedi Tudományegyetem
• Giuseppe Toscano, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Fabrizio Monaco, Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia
Coffee break
New developments in the field of prevention and investigation of transnational organised crime: from the Palermo Convention to the Falcone Resolution
• Chair: Kristina Karsai, Szegedi Tudományegyetem
• Antonio Balsamo, Sostituto Procuratore Generale della Corte di Cassazione
• Alessia Fusco, Università degli Studi di Torino
• Francesco Bartolo Morelli, Università degli Studi di Ferrara
The challenges regarding the smuggling of migrants today between security-based needs and humanitarian protection
• Chair: Erika Varadi-Cséma, Miskolci Egyetem
• Cinzia Ingratoci, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Alessandro Spena, Università degli Studi di Palermo
Investigating and prosecuting terrorism-related crime in the digital world. New human inquires in inter-legal scenario
• Chair: Alejandro Luis De Pablo Serrano, Universidad de Valladolid
• Maria De Los Angeles Catalina Benavente, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
• Ágata M. Sánz Hermida, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
• Francesca Pellegrino, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Judit Jacsó, Miskolci Egyetem
Coffee break
Criminal law policy and new investigative techniques in the field of child pornography
• Chair: Judit Jacsó, Miskolci Egyetem
• Kristina Karsai, Szegedi Tudományegyetem
• Giuseppina Panebianco, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Alejandro Luis De Pablo Serrano, Universidad de Valladolid
• Erika Varadi-Cséma, Miskolci Egyetem
Introduction to the Moot Court
• Lorenzo Sciajno, Liceo Classico “G. La Farina”
• Lina Panella, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Giuseppina Panebianco, Università degli Studi di Messina
• Stefano Ruggeri, Università degli Studi di Messina
Practioners’ perspectives
• Stefania La Rosa, Procura della Repubblica di Messina
• Diego Foti, Università degli Studi di Messina
Coffee break
Drafting of indictments
Preliminary inquiry by Prosecution Counsel and Defence Counsel
Pre-trial phase
Coffee break
Teamwork of participants (judges, prosecutors, defence counsels)
Moot Court: public trial and discussion
Coffee break
Decision making
Moot Court: sentencing
Awards
Conclusion of the Blended Intensive Programme