The participants discussed the impact of fundamental rights on criminal law in the European Union, the specificity of the principles governing criminal procedure and the organization of the criminal justice system, the legislative and judicial conditions for the admissibility of evidence, policies and practice in EU Member States regarding custodial sanctions, alternative sanctions, probation and disqualification and legal and enforcement mechanisms in relation to incarceration.

The seminar also included prof. Kai Ambos, prof. Jorg-Martin Jehle, Terence Palfrey, Pascal Gastineau, Ignacio de Lucas and Petra Jeney as foreign experts.