1. Course: European Criminal Law SS 2009 Hubert Hinterhofer

2. Literature Books – Hecker Europäisches Strafrecht (2007): in German – Ambos Internationales Strafrecht (2007): in German – Satzger Internationales und Europäisches Strafrecht (2008): in German – Klip European Criminal Law (2008): criminal law within the EU – Leach Taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights, 2nd edition (2005): Relevant for the European Convention of Human Rights. – Ovey/Jacobs/White The European Convention on Human Rights4 (2006) Journals – Eucrim: It is available online under www.mpicc.de/eucrim.www.mpicc.de/eucrim – ZIS (“Zeitschrift für internationale Strafrechtswissenschaft“): available online under www.zis-online.com.www.zis-online.com

3. Table of Contents (overview) I. Basic Terms (today) II. European Criminal Law within the EU – First big part of the lecture – Especially: Title VI TEU (“3rd pillar”) – Discussion of legal instruments and of selected cases of the European Court of Justice III. European Criminal Law within Council of Europe – Second big part of the lecture – Especially: European Convention on Human Rights – Discussion if legal instruments and selected cases of the European Court of Human Rights

4. Basic Terms International Criminal Law – Criminal issues appearing on international level – 4 types 1) National Criminal Law covering transboundary matters 2) Extradition Law – National Law/International Treaties – European Arrest Warrant (within EU)

5. Basic Terms International Criminal Law – 3) International global Criminal Law International origin Direct punishability under International Law E.g.: War Crimes; Genocide Examples: – Nuremberg Trials – ICTY – ICTR – ICC

6. Basic Terms International Criminal Law – 4) Supranational Criminal Law Criminal Law provided by a supranational legal system Does not exist so far Criminal sanctions in a broader sense – Fines for violations of the principle of free competition – Sentencing by the European Commission – Example: “Vitamin-trust” (Hoffmann-La-Roche); 462 million € fine.

7. Basic Terms European Criminal Law – Within the Council of Europe International Organisation Recommendations, treaties, agreements Most important treaty: ECHR ECHR = Constitutional Law in Austria Part 2 auf this lecture

8. Basic Terms European Criminal Law – Within the EU No European Criminal Code so far Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters (Title VI of the TEU; Art 29-42 TEU; “third pillar”) – Based on intergovernmental cooperation between the MS – Dominated by the Council of the EU – No supranational nature – Recent key topics Harmonisation of the criminal law of the MS Mutual Recognition