Terrorism Convictions Monitor (TCM)and Maritime Piracy Judicial Monitor (MPJM)

Petya IbensCase Analysis Unit

Enhancing Eurojust’s Analytical Capacity

Identification of obstacles, best practices and lessons learned

Building-up knowledge and expertise

Strengthening Eurojust’s added value

Terrorism Convictions Monitor(TCM)

TCM: Methodology

Internal Eurojust report

Open sources research

Member States contributions in implementation of Council Decision 2005/671/JHA

Judicial analysis on selected case• Tailor-made methodology for analysis• Particular attention to interesting legal issues

Case studies/topics of interest

TCM: Examples of analysis

Judicial analysis• Relevant case studies and comparative analysis• Focus on: prosecuted acts, evidence and arguments brought by the

parties, applicable law, etc.• Examples of analysis: LTTE judgment in France (terrorist financing),

Hofstadgroep judgment in the Netherlands (participation in a terrorist organisation), Roj TV judgment in Denmark (promoting a terrorist organisation), Al Qaida-related judgment in the United Kingdom (directing terrorism), etc.

Topic of interest• Open sources research• Current events driven• Examples of topics: terrorism propaganda on the Internet, terrorist

financing, the EU approach to radicalisation, separatist terrorism – the example of ETA, recruitment for terrorism, Passenger Name Record Agreement, PKK’s activities in Europe

Maritime Piracy Judicial Monitor(MPJM)

MPJM: The conceptFrom operational support to strategic analysis

Provide a platform for exchange of information on ongoing investigations, prosecutions and court decisions

Provide practitioners with an insight into relevant developments and experiences

Strengthen prosecutions by presenting common challenges, possible solutions and lessons learned

Highlight rulings with a special emphasis on issues of interest

MPJM: Contents

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Legal framework (international instruments and national legislations)

Legal issues and lessons learned from relevant investigations in the EU Member States (e.g. identification of suspects and witnesses, evidence, fair trail issues, jurisdictional issues, etc.)

Judicial decisions (overview, analysis of selected judgments, facts and figures)

Cases in progress

First issue due in June 2013

MPJM - Process

Court Decisions

Cases in progress

Legal Framework

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