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CONFERENCE REPORT
Opening of the Spring 2026 Conference
- Vânia Costa Ramos, ECBA Chair (Portugal)
- Clara Martinez Nogués, President of the Criminal Section of the Barcelona Bar Association
Scott Crosby Human Rights Award 2025
- Presenter: Alexis Anagnostakis, ECBA HR Officer (Greece)
- Awarded to: Ali Yildiz, The Arrested Lawyers Initiative
- Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. H.C. Lorena Bachmaier Winter, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Panel 1: Freedom of Speech and Legal Repression
Chair: Katarzyna Dabrowska, ECBA Advisory Board, Poland
- Ben Keith, defence lawyer, United Kingdom
- Jaantje Kramer, defence lawyer, The Netherlands
- Christophe Marchand, defence lawyer, Belgium
- Benet Salellas, defence lawyer, Spain
Panel 2: E-Evidence Regulation and Fundamental Rights
Chair: Maria Barbancho, ECBA Advisory Board, Spain
- Judge José Manuel Sánchez Siscart, Spain
- Julian Hayes, defence lawyer, United Kingdom
- Brendan Newitt, defence lawyer, The Netherlands
- Stephanie Schott, defence lawyer, Germany
Breakout Sessions
A. Business Crime
Innovative approach on the interrogation of fraud suspects
Coordinator: Rosa van Zijl, ECBA Advisory Board, The Netherlands
Speaker: Tom Willems, PhD Researcher, University of Luxembourg
B. Procedural Safeguards – Prisoners’ Rights
Prisoners’ rights and detention conditions around Europe
Coordinators: Carla Reyes, ECBA Advisory Board, Switzerland and Elena Fedorova, defence lawyer, France
Speaker: Hugues de Suremain, director of the European Prison Litigation Network (EPLN)
With the participation of
- Cristiana Bianco, ECBA Human Rights Committee and Antigone, Germany/Italy
- Federico Cappelletti, ECBA Human Rights Committee, Italy
- Liliia Kuznets, defence lawyer, Ukraine
- Diana Silva Pereira, defence lawyer, Portugal
- Alex Tinsley, ECBA Human Rights Committee, United Kingdom
- Daniel Trajilovic, defence lawyer, Switzerland
C. Business Crime: Environmental Criminal Law and Companies’ Liabilities
New scenarios
Coordinator: Tanneguy de Bellescize, defence lawyer, France
Speakers:
- Jean-Baptiste Maillart, defence lawyer, Switzerland
- Dirce Rente, defence lawyer, Portugal
ECBA General Assembly
Financial report 2025, Neil Swift, ECBA Treasurer
Full Comment podcast by Ed Grange, ECBA Advisory Board Member and Danielle Reece-Greenhalgh, ECBA member: episode ‘Barcelona, the ECBA and Perspectives from European Criminal Lawyers’
Impressions from the Conference
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