Name of Lecturer: Prof. dr. Saulius Arlauskas tfk@mruni.lt

International Cooperation and Protection of
Rights in Criminal Proceedings
Name of Lecturer: Assoc. prof. dr. Raimundas Jurka, Ph.: +370 5 271 46 39,
rjurka@mruni.eu;
Faculty: Faculty of Law
Department, Contact Details: Department of Criminal Procedure
Language of instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Bachelor
Year of Study (if applicable): 2-4 years of study
Required prerequisites: Legal Theory, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law,
Introduction to International Law, Introduction to EU Law
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit 1 . A student will know/will be able: a) to
make analysis on the issues of international legal cooperation in criminal matters; b)
to deepen into the preconditions of mutual cooperation in fighting organized crime; c)
to discover weather the human rights are properly implemented while the cooperation
in criminal matters is carried on; d) to find out, what are the main signals for violating
human rights, that are established in the Convention for Human Rights Protection.
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours per week: 3
Semester: Autumn
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: classes and individual
tutoring, discussing practical situations
Assessment methods and Criteria: oral examination and tests
Course content: (up to 10 sentences)
The course matter focuses on the factual and legal grounds of protection of rights in
criminal proceedings. Constitutional and other procedural rights and interests of the
participant of criminal proceedings are taken into consideration as well. One of the
point to this course, that should be taken into account is the domestic and international
(as well as European Union level) legal instruments that help for ensuring the
protection of the participants’ and other persons’ legal stand in criminal procedure.
Reading list: (maximum 5 items)
1. Suspects in Europe. Procedural Righst at the Investigative Stage of the
Criminal Process in the European Union by E. cape, J. Hodgson, T. Prakken,
T. Spronken. Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2007.
2. Jurka R., Juzukonis S. Criminal Procedure System of the Republic of
Lithuania // Transition of Criminal Procedure Systems / edited by Berislav
Pavisic. Vol. II. Rijeka, 2004.
3. An Introduction to International Criminal law and Criminal Procedure / by R.
Cryer [et al.]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
4. Principles of Criminal Procedure / by R. L. Weaver [et al.]. St. Paul: West
Group, 2004.
5. Human rights in criminal proceedings / by S. Trechsel. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2005.
1 Knowledge, skills, competences that students can demonstrate/acquires during the course
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