Conference Proceedings: Democratic Control and Judicial Accountability in Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

Hardly one week after the European Council of 21/22 June 2007 agreed on a mandate for leading the EU out of its institutional deadlock, the CHALLENGE project held its Fourth Annual Conference addressing Democratic Control and Judicial Accountability in and Area of Freedom, Security and Justice.

The event included presentations examining the way in which current institutional mechanisms, bodies and procedures applicable to this policy area have an impact on the changing relationship between freedom and security. At the heart of these discussions are the implications of new security policies for individual liberties. The event also served as a forum to present the Mid-Report of the CHALLENGE project gathering its main findings and policy recommendations of the first half of the project’s time span.

The conference was divided into the following panels:

- THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF EUROPEAN LIBERTY AND SECURITY: PRESENTATION OF CHALLENGE PROJECT’S THE MID-TERM RESULTS

- THE EU INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK IN AN AFSJ: WITH OR WITHOUT A CONSTITUTION?

- JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS, THE ROLE OF COURTS AND THE RIGHTS OF THE INDIVIDUAL

- THE FUTURE OF THE 3rd PILLAR STRUCTURE IN THE EU: ANOTHER FORM OF FOREIGN POLICY

- THE RELATIONS OF EUROPEAN AGENCIES IN THE FIELD OF SECURITY AND JUSTICE

- COOPERATING IN THE FIELD OF EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION INSIDE THE EU: PRÜM AND THE PRINCIPLE OF AVAILABILITY

- TECHNOLOGIES OF SURVEILLANCE: THE IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUAL

- DEMOCRATIC AND FINANCIAL CONTROL IN THE EU’S AFSJ

This report gathers the presentations delivered during this three day conference.

By making it public, the CHALLENGE project seeks to provide a wider public with the possibility of joining the debate on the EU’s future Justice and Home Affairs policies at this crucial moment.

Download the full Report at PDF format

Conference Proceedings: Democratic Control and Judicial Accountability in Area of Freedom, Security and Justice