Objectives

EPHESUS' overarching objective is to pave the way to an optimized and proportional use of the European arrest warrant

It will do so by learning from and addressing fundamental and procedural rights breaches involving the use of the EAW, especially at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moreover, the project will promote the increased and streamlined use of alternative mutual recognition instruments (specifically the EIO, ESO, and EPO) to tackle the disproportionate use of the EAW.

Objectives

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​Our first objective is to establish the groundwork for improved support to judges and prosecutors when dealing with fundamental and procedural rights breaches involving the use of the EAW.

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Second, we aim to raise awareness, generate knowledge, and develop the practical competencies of the target groups to harness the full potential of alternative mutual recognition instruments.

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Finally, we will promote mutual learning and awareness-raising on the identification of fundamental and procedural rights breaches involving the use of the EAW, including in remote justice proceedings, as well on the primacy of the proportionality principle