PUBLICATIONS (TITLES TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH) Books Els De Busser, Data Protection in EU and US Criminal Cooperation, a substantive law approach to the EU internal and transatlantic cooperation in criminal matters between judicial and law enforcement authorities, Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2009, 473p. Gert Vermeulen, Els De Busser and Wim Cruysberghs, Criminaliteit in de Frans Belgische grensregio (Crime in the French Belgian border region), Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2003, 255p. Gert Vermeulen, Els De Busser and Wim Cruysberghs, Criminalité dans la région frontalière franco belge (Crime in the French Belgian border region), Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2003, 252p. Gert Vermeulen, Tom Vander Beken, Els De Busser and Arne Dormaels, Blueprint for an EU Criminal Records Database. Legal, politico institutional and practical feasibility, Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2002, 91p. Gert Vermeulen, Tom Vander Beken, Els De Busser, Chris Van den Wyngaert, Guy Stessens, Adrien Masset and Christophe Meunier, 'Une nouvelle législation belge d entraide judiciare internationale en matière pénale' (New Belgian legislation on international cooperation in criminal matters), Antwerp Apeldoorn, 2003, 376p. Gert Vermeulen, Tom Vander Beken, Els De Busser, Chris Van den Wyngaert, Guy Stessens, Adrien Masset and Christophe Meunier, Een nieuwe Belgische wetgeving inzake internationale rechtshulp in strafzaken (New Belgian legislation on international cooperation in criminal matters), Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2002, 421p. Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters Els De Busser, Privatization of Information and the Data Protection Reform, in S. Gutwirth et al (eds.), Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Reloading Data Protection, Dordrecht, Springer, 2013, pp. 129 149. Els De Busser, The Adequacy of an EU US Partnership, in Serge Gutwirth, et al., European data protection: in good health?, Dordrecht, Springer, 2011, pp. 185 202. Els De Busser and Gert Vermeulen, Towards a coherent EU policy on outgoing data transfers for use in criminal matters? The adequacy requirement and the framework decision on data protection in criminal matters. A transatlantic exercise in adequacy, in Marc Cools et al., EU and International Crime Control, GOFS Research Paper Series, Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2010, pp. 95 122. Els De Busser, EU data protection in transatlantic cooperation in criminal matters, Will the EU be serving its citizens an American meal?, Utrecht Law Review, 2010/6, pp. 86 100. Els De Busser, Purpose limitation in EU US data exchange in criminal matters: the remains of the day, in Marc Cools et.al., Readings on Criminal Justice Criminal Law & Policing, GOFS Research Paper Series, Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2009, pp. 163 201. Other Journal Articles and Book Chapters Els De Busser, Confiscation and Data Protection: the Bare Necessities, in U. Sieber and J.P. Rui (eds.), Non Conviction Based Confiscation in Europe, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, 2014, in print.
Els De Busser, Open Source Data and Criminal Investigations: Anything You Publish Can and Will Be Used Against You, Groningen Journal of International Law, Vol. 2, ed. 1, 2014, pp. 90 114. Els De Busser, European Initiatives on Data Protection in Criminal Procedure, Special Report Section III, Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal 2014, Vol. 1 2, pp. 213 260. Els De Busser, Great Expectations from the Court of Justice How the Judgments on Google and Data Retention Raised More Questions than they Answered, eucrim 2/2014, pp. 69 72. Els De Busser, Automatische Nummerplaatherkenning en Gegevensbescherming (Automatic License Plate Recognition and Data Protection), Panopticon 2014, Vol. 3, pp. 241 243. Els De Busser, Transatlantic Data Exchange in Criminal Matters: Rubberstamping a Data Protection System? In: Law/Technology, 2013, Volume Issue 46/4, p. 3 38. Els De Busser, The Data Protection Gap From Private Databases to Criminal Files, eucrim 1/2013, pp. 17 22. Els De Busser, Criminal Liability of Legal Persons on a Supranational Level, in V. Komissarov and U. Sieber (eds.), Criminal Responsibility of Legal Persons: Proceedings of Russian German Criminal Law Seminar of 26 June 2012, Prospekt Velbi, Moscow, 2013, pp. 48 58. Els De Busser, Examples and Assumptions: Transatlantic Data Protection in Criminal Matters, in: Journal of Internet Law, 2012, Vol. 15 No. 10, pp. 3 20. Els De Busser, Transatlantic adequacy and a certain degree of perplexity, eucrim 1/2010, pp. 31 34. Wendy De Bondt and Els De Busser, Note to ICTR, Decision on motion for partial enforcement of sentence, Prosecutor v. Serugendo, Case no. ICTR 2005 84 I, Trial Chamber, 22 June 2006 and ICTR, Decision on Request for Early Release, Prosecutor v. Rutaganira, Case no. ICTR 95 IC T, Office of the President, 2 juni 2006, Annotated Leading Cases of the International Criminal Tribunals, 2009, Vol. 24, p. 954 955. Wendy De Bondt and Els De Busser, Ius cogens: verstrikt in eigen wijsheid? (Ius cogens: consistent or conceited?), Wereldbeeld 2009/1, pp. 10 15. Els De Busser, A European criminal records database: an integrated model, in Constantin Stefanou and Helen Xanthaki (eds.), Towards a European Criminal Record, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 336 353. Els De Busser, Gebruik van persoonsgegevens voor strafrechtelijke doeleinden: een spelletje Mikado (The use of personal data for criminal procedure purposes: a game of Mikado), Panopticon 2008, pp. 105 107. Els De Busser, The architecture of data exchange, Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal 2007, Vol. 1 2, pp. 35 56. Els De Busser, Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: mutual legal assistance, in Conny Rijken and Gert Vermeulen, Joint Investigation Teams in the European Union, from theory to practice, 2006, TMC Asser Press, the Hague, pp. 119 158. Els De Busser, Wanneer is een verzwarende omstandigheid echt verzwarend? (When is an aggravating circumstance truly aggravating?), Tijdschrift voor Strafrecht, 2005, 3, pp. 210 211 (Note to Court of Cassation, 24 February 2004). Els De Busser, De Europese Unie: in goede én kwade dagen? (The European Union: for better and for worse?), Panopticon, 2004, pp. 114 115. Gert Vermeulen and Els De Busser, Toenemende internationalisering van het strafrecht (Increasing internationalization of criminal law), CBR (Centre for Professional Advancement) 2002 2003, Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2003, pp. 421 464.
Tom Vander Beken, Gert Vermeulen and Els De Busser, Die Politik der Europäischen Union zur Bekämpfung von Wirtschaftskriminalität. Eine stille Revolution? (European Union policy on economic crime, a silent revolution?), Neue Kriminalpolitik, 3/2003, pp. 94 99. Gert Vermeulen and Els De Busser, Naar een Europees strafregister? (Towards a European criminal records database?), Panopticon, 2003, pp. 108 134. Els De Busser, Wederzijdse rechtshulp met twee snelheden? (Mutual legal assistance on two speed tracks?), T. Strafr., 2003, pp. 29 30 (Note to Court of Cassation, 13 March 2002). Gert Vermeulen and Els De Busser, 'De ontwikkeling van een Europees strafregister' (Development of a European criminal records database)', in Gert Vermeulen and Els De Busser (eds.), Aspecten van Europees formeel strafrecht (Aspects of European criminal procedural law), Antwerp Apeldoorn, Maklu, 2002, pp. 471 495. Book Reviews Els De Busser, P.P.H.M. Klerks, C.J.E. In t Velt, A.P.H. Van Wijk, M.M.E.A. Scholter, P.S. Nijmeijer and J.G.M. Van der Velde, De voorhoede van de opsporing. Evaluatie van de kernteams als instrument in de aanpak van zware georganiseerde criminaliteit (The forefront of the investigation. Evaluation of the core teams as an instrument in the fight against serious organised crime), NPA onderzoeksreeks, the Hague, Elsevier Overheid, 2002, 377p. (review), Panopticon, 2003, pp. 616 617. Els De Busser, X., Magistraten zonder grenzen. De invloed van het Europese recht op de Nederlandse rechtspleging (Magistrates without frontiers. The influence of European law to Dutch jurisdiction), Raio Congress 2002, Nijmegen, Wolf Legal Publishers, 2002, 117p. (review), Panopticon, 2003, pp. 617 618. Els De Busser,'Vervaele, J.A.E. and Klip, A.H. (red.), Administratieve en strafrechtelijke samenwerking inzake fraudebestrijding tussen justitiële en bestuurlijke instanties van de EU lidstaten, the Hague, Scientific Research and Documentary Centre Dutch Ministry of Justice, 2001, 323 p. (review)', Panopticon, 2002, pp. 183 185. Web Based Publications Els De Busser, Transatlantic Data Exchange in Criminal Matters: Rubberstamping a Data Protection System?, World Jurist Assocation, Work Papers, Conference on Law and Technology: Information in the Digital Age, 2012, www.worldjurist.net Ulrich Sieber and Els De Busser, Guest Editors for special edition of The Art of Crime European Criminal Law, February 2012, www.theartofcrime.gr Els De Busser, Transatlantic adequacy and a certain degree of perplexity, The Art of Crime European Criminal Law, February 2012, www.theartofcrime.gr Els De Busser, EU Internal Security and Terrorist Finance Tracking, World Jurist Association, Work Papers 24th Biennial Congress on Law of the World, 2011, www.worldjurist.net Other Publications Els De Busser, Boekrecensie in EJIL was niet lasterlijk (Book review in EJIL was not libelous), Juristenkrant, 28 April 2011, p. 7.
Els De Busser, Hof van Justitie verduidelijkt begrip onherroepelijk vonnis bij Europees aanhoudingsbevel (Court of Justice clarifies the meaning of final judgment in the context of the European Arrest Warrant), Juristenkrant, 22 December 2010, p. 2. Els De Busser, Nieuw Swiftakkoord niet noodzakelijk beter (New Swift Agreement is not necessarily better), Juristenkrant, 27 October 2010, p. 15. Els De Busser, Strafvervolging wegens laster voor boekrecensie (Criminal prosecution for libel due to book review), Juristenkrant, 27 October 2010, p. 10. LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS Invited Speaker 5 6 July 2014 Lecture European Data Protection in 2014 New Points of Discussion The 4th Black Sea Regional Conference Emerging Challenges to the Right to Privacy Constitutional Court of Georgia, Venice Commission and Deutsche Stiftung für Internationale Rechtliche Zusammenarbeit; Batumi, Georgia 1 July 2014 Panel member Final Conference SAPIENT project, Privacy in Times of Smart Surveillance: Conference on Ethics and Rights as Standards for European Surveillance practices Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, Belgium 28 March 2014 Round Table Casier Judiciaire Le droit européen peut il devenir une source de discrimination?, Ligue des Droits de l Homme Luxembourg et Association luxembourgeoise des Avocats Pénalistes, Luxembourg 20 21 March 2014 Lecture Is there need for Treaty or other reform? Improving synergies between the institutions and between the institutions and the national authorities Prospects for Criminal Law at EU Level and Protection of the EU s Financial Interests, OLAF (European Commission, Hercule II Programme) and Irish Centre for European Law, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland 19 November 2013 Lecture Improving data protection in social networks Annual Conference on European Data Protection Law 2013, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany 21 September 2012 Lecture Cross Border Jurisdictional Issues: the Need for Compatible Global Standards of Data Protection The Proposed EU General Data Protection Regulation, Strengthening the EU's Data Protection Architecture?, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany 26 June 2012 Lecture Criminal Liability of Legal Persons on a Supranational Level First Russian German Colloquium, Moscow State University Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Moscow, Russia 31 May 1 June 2012 Lecture Civil Asset Forfeiture and Information Exchange Seminar Civil Asset Forfeiture, University Tromsø, Sommaroy, Norway
22 24 April 2012 Lecture Transatlantic Data Exchange in Criminal Matters: Rubberstamping a Data Protection System? Conference on Law and Technology, Information in the Digital Age, World Jurist Association, Washington D.C., USA 29 February 2012 Lecture Data Protection in Criminal Matters Reform Proposals Surveille Project Kick off Meeting, European University Institute, Florence, Italy 16 November 2011 Lecture Data Protection Issues in Everyday Life K.St.V. Rheno Palatia Student Union, Freiburg, Germany 07 08 November 2011 Lecture Criminal Law in the EU the making of European Commission, Taiex Programme, Workshop on Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters, Belgrade, Serbia 23 28 October 2011 Lecture EU Internal Security Strategy and Terrorist Finance Tracking World Jurist Association's 24th Biennial Congress on the Law of the World National Legal Cultures in a Globalized World, Prague, Czech Republic 20 21 May 2011 Lecture Can the EU s data protection rules survive data transfers to third countries? 4th International Conference on Information Law and Ethics, Values and Freedoms in Modern Information Law and Ethics, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 21 April 2011 Presentation De bescherming van persoonsgegevens (The Protection of Personal Data) Gandaius Doc Serie Strafrecht en Criminologie, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 31 May 2010 Lecture Data collection and data exchange from the angle of law enforcement and panelist in session Data Protection in the Age of SWIFT, PNR, Prüm and E Justice, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany 5 March 2010 Lecture EU US Exchange of personal data in criminal matters Colloquium Privacy Progress Lawyers Network, Brussels, Belgium 18 23 November 2007 Lecture EU Data Protection, Intelligence and Proactive Methods of Criminal Investigation, World Conference on Penal Law, AIDP Mexican national group, Guadalajara, Mexico 28 April 2003 Lecture Toenemende Internationalisering van Strafrecht (Growing Internationalsation of Criminal Law), CBR Update Strafrecht (Centre for Professional Advancement Update Criminal Law), Antwerp, Belgium In House Talks 18 July 2014 Lecture EU Environmental Crime Policy Colloquium Crimes against the Environment and Cultural Heritage: Reflections on the Role of Criminal Law and the Use of (International) Criminal and Environment Courts Max Planck Institute of Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany
21 May 2014 Lecture EU Perspective on Human Rights and Data Protection Issues The Right to be Forgotten and the Court of Justice Judgment of 13 May 2014 Criminal Law and Information Society Workshop, Lomonossov Moscow State University and Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany 6 July 2013 Lecture Strafrechtskodifikation auf EU Ebene (Criminal Law Codification on an EU Level) Sommerschule Pècs `Strafrechtskodifikation (Summer School Pècs `Criminal Law Codification ), Hungarian Academy of Sciences University of Pécs and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Pécs, Hungary 16 July 2012 Lecture Die Entwicklung des EU Strafrechts (The Development of EU Criminal Law) Workshop Deutschen Strafrecht und Strafprozessrecht (Workshop German Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure Law), Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany 6 7 May 2011 Lecture New threats to privacy and data protection in Europe 3rd Criminal Law Summer School, University of Pécs and the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Pécs, Hungary 8 April 2010 Lecture Data Protection in Criminal Matters in EU and Transatlantic Cooperation for visiting students of University of Seoul, South Korea at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Law, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany Teaching Experience 16 17 October 2014 Guest lectures, International Bachelor of Law Program, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands: EU Judicial and Police Cooperation in Criminal Matters CoE Judicial and Police Cooperation in Criminal Matters European Substantive Criminal Law 9 October 2014 Training for European Judicial Training Network Criminal Justice II International Cooperation in Criminal Matters: concurring jurisdictions, ne bis in idem and transfer of proceedings, Vilnius, Lithuania 23 June 2014 Lecture Developing Tools for Mutual Legal Assistance Workshop Issuing and executing an MLA request Summer Course on European Criminal Justice, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany 16 17 June 2014 Training for European Judicial Training Network Criminal Justice II Obtaining and transferring evidence in criminal matters between Member States in view of securing its admissibility, Lisbon, Portugal 22 26 April 2014 Lecture Data Protection in Cross Border Exchange of Evidence International Spring Course, EU Substantive Criminal Law and Protection of Victims, University of Zagreb Dubrovnik, Croatia 17 February 2014
Training for Judges and Magistrates International Legal Aid and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters. Eurojust. Europol, ERA (European Law Academy) and Bulgarian National Institute of Justice, Sofia, Bulgaria 2 July 2013 Training for Judges and Magistrates International Legal Aid and International Cooperation in Criminal Matters. Eurojust. Europol ERA and Bulgarian National Institute of Justice, Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria 24 June 2013 Lecture Developing Tools for Mutual Legal Assistance Workshop Issuing and executing an MLA request Summer Course on European Criminal Justice, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany 2 July 2012 Lecture Developing Tools for Mutual Legal Assistance Workshop Issuing and executing an MLA request Summer Course on European Criminal Justice, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany 27 June 2011 Lecture Developing tools for mutual legal assistance and Workshop Issuing and executing an MLA request, Summer Course on European Criminal Justice, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany 16 June 2010 Lecture Judicial cooperation in criminal matters: mutual legal assistance to mutual recognition and Workshop Mutual legal assistance in the EU a diverse pattern, Summer Course on European Criminal Justice, ERA (European Law Academy), Trier, Germany Conference Participation 24 January 2014 Panel Member and organizer of the panel Information positions for law enforcement, cyber security and privacy Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference, Brussels, Belgium 25 September 2013 Presentation of the Special Report on European Initiatives on the Use of IT in Criminal Procedure and Data Protection at the AIDP Preparatory Colloquium Criminal Procedure XIXth World Congress on Information Society and Criminal Law Turkish Penal Law Association, Antalya, Turkey 25 January 2013 Moderator Panel Data Protection Directive: Key Challenges for Law Enforcement Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference 2013, Brussels, Belgium 5 July 2012 Panel Member The Use of Data in Police and Criminal Justice Cooperation: New Rules after Lisbon, ECLAN Conference, Institut d Etudes européennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium 25 27 January 2011 Presentation Transatlantic Data Exchange and panelist of session From free movement of persons to free movement of data? Prüm, PNR and automatic border controls, Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference 2011, Brussels, Belgium
1 5 April 2008 Moderator, Symposium in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists. The ICC Review Conference 2009/2010 The Future of the ICC. Co organized by the AIDP Young Penalists Committee and the University of Tübingen, Faculty of Law, Germany 17 May 2002 Organisation of International Round Table Developing an EU Criminal Records Database and Disqualification Register (2001/GRP/024), Europol, The Hague, The Netherlands OTHER RELEVANT EXPERTISE 23 January 2013 Expert for the Commission Security and Justice, Data Protection Reform Dutch Parliament, The Hague, The Netherlands 22 October 2012 Expert for the Commission Home Affairs, Data Protection Reform German Parliament, Berlin, Germany 9 October 2012 Expert for the Interparliamentary Committee Meeting on the reform of the EU Data Protection framework European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium