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Course: 2025/2026

International Jurisdiction and Co-operation
(17203)
Master in Criminal and Criminal Procedural Law - Blended (Plan: 501 - Estudio: 275)
EPD


Coordinating teacher: FIODOROVA , ANNA

Department assigned to the subject: Criminal Law, Procedural Law and History Law Department

Type: Compulsory
ECTS Credits: 3.0 ECTS

Course: 1º
Semester: 2º



Requirements (Subjects that are assumed to be known)
International Public Law Penal Procedure Law
Objectives
Ensure that students are able to: 1. Distinguish the different instruments of international police and judicial cooperation applicable in each material and territorial framework, according to their regulation, purpose, and requirements, identifying the main practical issues they may have generated and the level of effectiveness achieved through them. 2. Select the appropriate cooperation instruments (legal basis, channel, authorities, etc.) for a specific case. 3. Draft the documentation related to police and judicial cooperation.
Learning Outcomes
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Description of contents: programme
1. STATE, EXTRATERRITORIAL AND UNIVERSAL JURISDICTION, INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS: 1.1. Jurisdiction and legal cooperation 1.2. Universal Jurisdiction and International Criminal Court 1.3. International and regional organisations: their role in legal cooperation 2. LEGAL COOPERATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: 2.1. History, legal basis, entities 2.2. Mechanisms of judicial and police cooperation - Principles of the legal cooperation and their practical implementation: mutual assistance, mutual recognition and information availability - European criminal procedure: warranties of accused and victims 3. LEGAL COOPERATION OF LATIN AMERICA: 3.1. History, legal basis. 3.2. Mechanisms of judicial and police cooperation: - Within America - Between Latin America and Iberian Peninsula - Between Latin America and the European Union
Learning activities and methodology
Presentation of theoretical material, case study and analysis of the case law using sincronised clases, presentations, videos, notes, forums and on-line tutorships.
Assessment System
  • % end-of-term-examination/test 40
  • % of continuous assessment (assigments, laboratory, practicals...) 60

Calendar of Continuous assessment


Basic Bibliography
  • 2011 S. Peers. Mission accomplished? EU Justice and Home Affairs law after the Treaty of Lisbon. Common Market Law Review 48, 3. 2011
  • 2016 S. Peers. EU justice and home affairs law. Oxford. 2016
  • 2018: Ambos, K. . European Criminal Law. Cambridge University Press.
Recursos electrónicosElectronic Resources *
Additional Bibliography
  • 2010: Jimeno Bulnes, Maria Del Mar. Towards common standards on rights of suspected and accused persons in criminal proceedings in the EU?. Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) .
  • 2016: Mitsilegas, V. . EU Criminal Law After Lisbon Rights, Trust and the Transformation of Justice in Europe. Bloomsbury Publishing.
  • 2016: Mitsilegas, v. (dir.). Research Handbook on EU Criminal Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • 2017: Mitsilegas, V., Giuffrida, F.. The Role of EU Agencies in Fighting Transnational Environmental Crime New Challenges for Eurojust and Europol. Brill.
  • 2018: Anna Fiodorova . Information Exchange and EU Law Enforcement. Routledge: Oxford.
  • 2022: Hernánrez López, Alejandro. Conflicts of Criminal Jurisdiction and Transfer of Proceedings in the EU. Springer.
Recursos electrónicosElectronic Resources *
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The course syllabus may change due academic events or other reasons.