Latest News

• 31/10/08: Photographs taken during the conference are available on the gallery

• 26/10/08: The conference was carried out with great success. The presentations are available for download in the presentations section.

• 17/10/08: The final programme is out. Visit the conference programme section to download it.

• 13/10/08: A poster for the event is avaible for download. You can download it in:
  high resolution [PDF, 4MB] or low resolution [PNG, 400KB]

The Aim

Increase and reshaping of criminal phenomena in the last years pose new challenges to national criminal justice systems: international terrorism, illegal immigration, rise in violent crimes, and the “globalisation” of organized crime are significant examples. ICT deployment in European judicial systems is a key element to face these challenges and to improve significantly the administration of criminal justice. The rapid development of technologies opens new opportunities, both during investigations and trials, thanks to the increased capabilities to exchange and use data, documents and information within and between police forces, public prosecutors offices and courts.

ICT support to criminal justice opens new possibilities for supporting investigations, prosecution activities, national and international cooperation, trials and management of judicial cases, posing on the counterpart relevant challenges related to privacy, information security, non repudiation and usability of the electronic folders    

The ICT4JUSTICE event aims to give an European-wide view of the present and future synergies between criminal justice and ICT technologies, by bringing together experiences, best practices and perspective activities of judicial and technological actors, offering at the same time the opportunity to enjoy the hospitality of the beautiful city of Thessaloniki.

Topics

The major topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Cross-border communication between parties to judicial proceedings and integration of registers and records at the EU level
• Systems supporting lawyers, in legal reasoning, document drafting, negotiation
• Systems supporting prosecutor offices, judicial police, and judicial cooperation
• Video-conference in trials and investigations: legal and technological perspectives
• Introduction of IT in courts and consequent changes in business processes
• Improvement in communications between courts, citizens and organizations
• E-submission and E-service
• Interoperability of judicial services in EU