The Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and EU Border Protection 2105-PP-L-D5PWBS

Block I. Historical background and legal foundations of the area of freedom, security and justice of the EU

- Evolution, concept and scope of the AFSJ
- Institutions and bodies of the European Union in the field of the AFSJ

Block II. Strategies and programs of the European Union in the field of justice and home affairs

Block III. Cooperation in the field of border protection

- Institutional issues and administrative cooperation
- Crossing of external borders
- Visa policy
- Immigration policy
- Asylum policy

Block IV. Police cooperation in the EU: Europol

- Genesis and evolution of police cooperation of European countries
- Basic acts of European Union law regulating cross-border police cooperation
- Examples of police cooperation in the EU

Block V. Fighting organized crime and combating human trafficking.

- Combating organized crime
- Strategic concept on the fight against organized crime
- European Crime Prevention Network (CEPN)
- Preventing and combating human trafficking
- Expert Group on Human Trafficking

Block VI. Combating drug trafficking and coordination of drug policies of member states

- Drug trafficking in the international arena.
- Minimum provisions defining the elements of crimes and penalties
- System of exchange of samples of controlled substances.
- Exchange of information, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances

Block VII. Fight against terrorism

- New approach to terrorism after September 11, 2001.
- The concept of terrorism
- Common system of control
- Exchange of information on terrorists
- Combating the financing of terrorism

Block VIII. Financial crimes

- Fraud against the EU
- The role of OLAF
- The fight against corruption
- Money laundering
- Financial intelligence units

Block IX. Judicial cooperation in criminal matters

- European Arrest Warrant
- Mutual recognition of penalties of a monetary nature
- Mutual recognition of confiscation orders
- Mutual recognition of custodial sentences and provisional measures
- Eurojust
-European Prosecutor's Office

Block X. Judicial cooperation in civil matters

- Determination of the competent court. Enforcement and recognition of judicial and extrajudicial decisions
- Harmonization of conflict of law rules
- Access to justice
- Cross-border cooperation between national civil judicial authorities

Term 2023Z:

None

Term 2024Z:

I. ESSENCE, HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND LEGAL BASIS.
1. genesis and development.
2. the Schengen system,
3. Justice and Home Affairs in the Community Treaties.

II. INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE.
- General institutions (Council, Commission, Parliament, EU courts) - competences in the AFSJ.
- Specialized institutions (Europol, Eurojust, CEPOL, FRONTEX, OLAF, Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction, European Asylum Support Office, Agency for Fundamental Rights) - competencies, activities, published documents

III.- FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME.
- Internal security strategy of the European Union
- Combating organized crime,
- Cooperation with the judiciary to combat organized crime,
- Joint investigation teams
- Strategic concept on combating organized crime,
- European Network for Crime Prevention (ESZP).

IV. COMBATING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
- Schengen Information System II,
- Crossing external borders,
- Visa policy,
- Visa information system,
- European asylum system (refugee status, conditions for qualifying citizens, as refugees, asylum status, asylum procedure, Dublin II Regulation, "Eurodac" system),
- Immigration policy (European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, Common European Immigration Policy, Policy Plan on Legal Migration)
- Entry and residence (Uniform format of residence permits, EU Blue Card), Conditions of entry and residence of citizens for the purposes of studies, school exchanges, training and volunteering, Residence permit for victims of human trafficking, Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, Family reunification, Restrictions on admission of third-country nationals for self-employment, Restrictions on admission of third-country nationals for employment),
- Illegal immigration (definition of facilitating illegal immigration, penalty system to prevent facilitation of illegal immigration, penalties for hiring illegally residing third-country nationals, financial penalties for carriers network of immigration liaison officers),
- Financial programs (Integration Fund (2007-2013), Return Fund (2008-2013), General Program "Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows 2007-2013" , European Refugee Fund (2008-2013)

V. COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
- Preventing and combating human trafficking,
- Expert Group on Human Trafficking,
- Residence Document for Victims of Trafficking,
- Plan on best practices, standards and procedures.
- Combating sexual abuse, sexual exploitation of children and child pornography.
- Safer Internet Program 2009-2013,
- Combating child pornography on the Internet,
- Searching for missing or sexually exploited children,
- Action plan on unaccompanied minors (2010-2014).

VI. COMBATING DRUG TRAFFICKING.
1 Drug trafficking in the international arena.
2. minimum regulations defining the elements of crimes and penalties
3. system of exchange of samples of controlled substances.
4. drug precursors.
5. exchange of information, risk assessment and control of new psychoactive substances.
VII. COUNTER-TERRORISM.
1. new approach to terrorism after September 11, 2001.
2. concept of terrorism.
3. common control system.
4. exchange of information on terrorists
5 Combating the financing of terrorism.
5. financial programs.

VIII. FINANCIAL CRIMES
1. fraud against the EC.
2. fight against corruption.
3. money laundering.
4. Financial intelligence units.

IX. JUDICIAL COOPERATION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
- European protection order,
- Mutual recognition of decisions on surveillance measures,
- European Evidence Warrant (END),
- Supervision of convicted or conditionally released persons,
- Extradition.
- Legal aid in criminal matters,
- Confiscation of proceeds, instrumentalities and property derived from crime.
- Mutual recognition of penalties of a pecuniary nature.
- Mutual recognition of confiscation orders.
- Mutual recognition of custodial sentences and interim measures.
- Taking into account in the new criminal proceedings convictions handed down in other European Union member states.
- Financial programs.

X. CIVIL COURT COOPERATION.
- Mutual recognition of protection measures in civil cases (application)
- Maintenance obligations
- European small claims procedure
- European order for payment procedure
- European enforcement order for uncontested claims
- Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters
- Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial and parental responsibility matters
- Mediation

Mode

Classroom

Course coordinators

Dominika Harasimiuk

Type of course

obligatory courses

Learning outcomes

EU1 - The student knows and understands the role of the EU citizen and his/her status and rights within the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (KW_03)
EU2 - The student knows and understands the views on EU structures and institutions in the conduct of the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (K_W12)
EU3 - The student is able to observe, interpret and analyze and describe social processes and phenomena occurring within the framework of the operation of the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (K_U01)
EU4 - The student is able to use the conceptual grid and nomenclature of institutions and procedures in the EU (K_U02)
EU5 - The student is able to forecast social processes and phenomena and their practical consequences in relation to socio-political-legal phenomena taking place in the EU with regard to the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (K_U04)
EU6 - The student is able to analyze solutions to specific problems in the area of the EU Space of Freedom, Security and Justice and propose effective and ethical ways to solve these problems (K_U07)
EU7 - The student is able to develop and present the results of scientific research in the area of the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and use them to analyze and solve scientific problems and implement practical solutions appropriate to the indicated EU policy
(K_U08)
EU8 - The student is able to prepare written works individually and collectively in Polish on issues related to the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (K_U09)
EU9 - The student is able to prepare individually and collectively oral speeches in Polish on issues related to the Space of Freedom, Security and Justice (K_U10)
EU10 - The student is ready to recognize the importance of knowledge and enrichment of professional experience throughout life (K_K01)
EU11 - The student is ready to perform professional roles responsibly, build a professional tradition and interact in a group with a diverse structure and tasks, demanding ethical principles from himself and others (K_K02)
EU12 - The student is ready to initiate and determine priorities for the implementation of a task defined by himself and others relating to social goals and for the public interest (K_K03)
EU13 - correctly identifies and resolves dilemmas related to the performance of the profession of civil servant and administrative employee on the basis of laws and internal codes (K_K04).

Assessment criteria

Oral presentations on topics falling under the scope of the course
Written exam

Bibliography

1. P. Wawrzyk, Przestrzeń Wolności Bezpieczeństwa i Sprawiedliwości UE, Warszawa 2012
2. Przestrzeń wolności bezpieczeństwa i sprawiedliwości UE w: Prawo Unii Europejskiej, red. J. Barcik, R. Grzeszczak, Warszawa CH Beck 2022, s.521-224

Term 2023Z:

None

Term 2024Z:

1. P. Wawrzyk, Przestrzeń Wolności Bezpieczeństwa i Sprawiedliwości UE, Warszawa 2012

2. Przestrzeń wolności bezpieczeństwa i sprawiedliwości UE w: Prawo Unii Europejskiej, red. J. Barcik, R. Grzeszczak, Warszawa CH Beck 2022, s.521-224

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