Helsinki Programme

TRAFUT – Training for the Future
Workshop Programme (draft)

DIRECTIVE 2010/64/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 20 October 2010 on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings

Venue: House of Science and Letters, Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki

Date: 13 to 15 June 2012

Workshop language: English

Wednesday, 13 June

15.00 – 15.30 : Registration

15.30 – 16.00 : Opening Plenary – Welcome and introduction

• Liese Katschinka, EULITA President
• Kristiina Antinjuntti, SKTL President
• Tiina Astola, Permanent Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of Justice, Finland
• V. Reding, Vice-President, EU Commission (video message – requested)

16.00 – 17.45 : Session I – Background and Content of the EU Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings

Moderator: Yolanda Vanden Bosch

• Language Assistance in Criminal Proceedings: from the European Convention on Human Rights to Directive 2010/64/EU
  James Brannan, European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
• Presentation of the Directive
  Mauro Miranda, EU Commission, DG Justice

18.00 : Reception

Thursday, 14 June

09.00 – 10.00 : Session II – Transposing the EU Directive into national law

Moderator: Liese Katschinka

• Transposing the EU Directive into national law
  Mauro Miranda, EU Commission, DG Justice

10.00 – 11.00 : Session III – Panel discussion concerning the steps taken in selected countries concerning the transposition of the EU Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings

• Overview of National Situations
  Invited speakers of selected member states
  

11.00 – 11.30 : Coffee break

11.30 – 13.00 : Session IV – Quality I (Articles 2 and 3 of Directive)

Moderator: Zofia Rybinska

• Use of Legal Interpreters and Translators from a Defence Agent’s Perspective
  Bertil Dahl, ECBA, Sweden
  
• Use of Legal Interpreters and Translators from a Judge’s Perspectve
  Lord Gill, Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, United Kingdom
  
• Use of Legal Interpreters and Translators from the Police Perspective
  Dirk Rombouts, Antwerp Police, Belgium

13.00 – 14.00 : Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 : Session V – Quality II (Articles 2 and 3)

Moderator: Erik Hertog

• Training Legal Interpreters in Response to the new Directive
  Christiane Driesen, Universities of Hamburg and Magdeburg, Convener of the AIIC Committee on Court and Legal Interpreting, Germany
• Training Legal Translators in Response to the new Directive
  Catherine Way, University of Granada, Spain
• Setting up accreditation systems
  Cynthia Giambruno, University of Alicante, Spain

15.30 – 16.00 : Coffee break

16.30 – 17.30 : Session VI – Use of modern communications technology (Article 3)

Moderator: Christine Wilson

• Video-Mediated Interpreting in Criminal Proceedings: Research Findings and Initial Recommendations
  Katalin Balogh, Lessius Antwerp / KU Leuven, Belgium
  
• Interpreting Hubs in MET Police
  Jon Thomson, Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service, United Kingdom
• Practical Experience with Video-Conference Interpreting
  Viive Jõgevest, Translation Bureau, Police and Border Guard Board, Estonia
  

19.00 : Group dinner

Friday 15 June

09.00 – 10.30 : Session VII – Registers I (Article 5)

Moderator: Juan Miguel Ortega Herraez

• Managing a Register of Legal Interpreting and Translation and Calculating the Cost for Language Services for the Judiciary and the Police. Implementing a Model: The Dutch Experience
  Evert-Jan van der Vlis, Netherlands
• Developments in the Swedish Registration and Procurement System
  Klas Ericsson, Kammerkollegiet Statens inköpscentral (Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency), Sweden
• The Norwegian Experience
  Leonardo Doria de Souza, Adviser, Strategy office / Section for Interpreting Services, Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity, Norway
  

10.30 – 11.00 : Coffee break

11.00 – 12.30 : Session VIII – Registers II (Article 5, Recital 31)

Moderator: Isabelle Perez

• History and Status of the Dutch Register of Sworn/Legal Translators and Interpreters
  Han von den Hoff, Manager, Bureau Sworn Translators and Interpreters, Legal Aid Board, Netherlands
• Presentation of EULITA and EULITA guidelines for register
  Liese Katschinka, EULITA President
• The UK situation
  Geoffrey Buckingham, Chairman, Association of Police and Court Interpreters, United Kingdom

12.30 – 13.30 : Lunch break

13.30 – 15.00 : Session IX – Training for effective communication through legal interpreters and translators (Article 6)

Moderator: Flavia Caciagli

• Sign-Language Interpreting in Europe
  Marinella Salami, EFSLI (European Forum of Sign-Language Interpreters), Italy
• The Cambridgeshire Model
  Katrina Mayfield, Interpreting and Translation Services Manager, Cambridgeshire Constabulary, United Kingdom
• Legal Interpretation and Translation at the European Court of Justice
  Daniela Amodeo Perillo, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg

15.00 – 16.00 : Closing session

• Suggestions, evaluations and comments by participants
• Summary of Workshop Results from the EU’s Perspective
  Mauro Miranda, EU Commission, DG Justice
• Summary of Workshop Discussions and Conclusions
  Liese Katschinka, EULITA President