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From 14 to 16 May 2024, the PC-OC held its 85th meeting in Strasbourg. A draft Third Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters was discussed, including the possible accession of Thailand and Kazakhstan to this Convention.

Thanks to the funding by the EJN Secretariat, we were able to invite guests from Austria, Luxemburg, Poland, the Netherlands and Switzerland, who presented us a very informative and valuable overview of their legal systems and their experiences regarding the transfer of proceedings.

Isabelle De Tandt, Deputy Prosecutor General in charge of the national network for international cooperation in criminal matters and EJN Contact Point for Belgium, and Hugh Dockry, the Head of the EJN Secretariat, participated to a panel discussion at Eurojust’s symposium on Victims’ Rights in Europe.

This Joint Paper was developed to inform judicial practitioners in the Members States of the services and assistance in international cooperation in criminal matters that can be provided by the European Judicial Network (EJN) and Eurojust.

On Tuesday 16 April, Hugh Dockry and the EJN Secretariat received a delegation from EL PAcCTO 2.0, lead by Mr Javier Samper Orgiles.

The EJN Secretariat had the opportunity to contribute to the study visit undertaken by Moldovan prosecutors to The Hague. Hosted at Eurojust premises on April 9th, this enlightening event brought together 18 dedicated participants eager to deepen their knowledge of international judicial processes and strengthen collaboration in combating transnational crime.

On 10 and 11 April 2024, the EJN Secretariat and the Polish National Prosecutor’s Office organised the annual Legal English Language training for EJN Contact Points in the National School for the Judiciary and Prosecution Service in Lublin, Poland.

On 9 April, the French Contact Points, together with Liaison Magistrates, the Eurojust National Member and a representative of the EJN Secretariat, met in Paris for the National Meeting, organised by the French Ministry of Justice and funded by the EJN.

On 4 April 2024, the 23rd Tool Correspondents’ meeting of the EJN, under the Belgian Presidency, took place at Eurojust premises. The EJN Tool Correspondents are appointed by the EU Member States to update the EJN website tools for their respective countries, reflecting the developments in the national law.

The EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) publishes its report "European Arrest Warrant: Respecting rights across borders”.

On 29.02.2024 the EJN held the 45th EJN Regular meeting in The Hague, chaired by the Belgian EJN Presidency. Approximately 50 EJN Contact Points from the EU and EU candidate/associated countries attended the meeting and exchanged information on latest developments in their national legal framework and case-law related to international judicial cooperation.

On 2nd February 2024, the Secretary to the EJN visited the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. During his visit he met with the Head of Unit and colleagues from the Justice, Digital and Migration Unit of the Agency.

On 1st February 2024, the EJN Secretariat and the WBCJ Project, organized a Joint meeting for the EJN CPs in the Western Balkans and the WBCJ Contact Group Members.

On 26 January 2024, the meeting of the new EJN Contact Points took place online. More than 40 EJN Contact Points who have recently joined the Network got the opportunity to learn how the EJN works in practice and how they can contribute to the facilitation of the judicial cooperation in their new role.

On 14 December 2023, the Tool Correspondents’ training took place in Eurojust’s premises. Guided by the web team and Bilbomatica, Tool Correspondents learnt how to work on the three tools in the back-office of the EJN website.

On 11 December 2023, the new version of the EJN website was launched. It includes the new section dedicated to the cooperation with partners and networks, My EJN profile information, updated Contact Points tool, as well as small updates in Atlas and Compendium to make these tools more user friendly. This deployment also includes the renewed EJN Reporting Tool.