Ljubljana Workshop

TRAFUT – Training for the Future
Workshop Programme

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: Ljubljana, Slovenia, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law (Pravna fakulteta),
Poljanski nasip, 2, 1000 Ljubljana, phone: + 386 1 42 03 100, + 386 1 42 03 115

Date: 24 to 26 November 2011

Workshop language: English

 

Thursday, 24 November 2011

13.00 – 14.00 : Registration

14.00 – 15.00 : Opening plenary – Welcome and introduction

• Liese Katschinka, President of EULITA
• Prof. Dr. Andrej Černe, Dean of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana,
  
• Prof. Dr. Peter Grilc, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana
• Viviane. Reding, Vice-President, EU Commission (Video message)
• Michał Hara, Chief Expert, Department of International Cooperation and European Law, Ministry of Justice, Poland

• Presentation of the Directive
  Mauro Miranda, EU Commission, DG Justice
• Aspects of transposition – 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, Ministry of Justice, Netherlands
• 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

Friday, 25 November 2011

9.00 – 9.30 : Transposing the EU Directive into national law

• Mauro Miranda, EU Commission, DG Justice

9.45 – 11.00 : Quality in Interpreting and Translation (EU Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings – Articles 2, 3 and 5)

• How to define quality in interpreting and translation
  Nathalie Gormezano, ISIT-Paris, France
• Training Legal Interpreters and Translators in Response to the new Directive
  Christiane Driesen, Universities of Hamburg and Magdeburg, Convener of the AIIC Committee on Court and Legal Interpreting, Germany
• Quality of translation and interpretation in pre-trial criminal proceedings
  Anna Mendel, National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution, Poland
• Quality in interpreting and translation as seen by users (court proceedings)
  Martin Wenning-Morgenthaler, Spokesman, Neue Richtervereinigung (New Judges Association), Germany

11.00 – 11.30 : Coffee/Tea break

11.30 – 13.00 : Registers of legal interpreters and translators (EU Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings – Article 5)

Moderator: Juan Miguel Ortaga Herráez, APTIJ, Spain

• The Situation in Europe – An Overview
  Philippe Vlérick, European Commission, DG Justice
• Case Study – The Norwegian National Register of Interpreters
  Leonardo Doria de Souza, Adviser, Strategy office / Section for Interpreting Services, Norwegian Directorate of Integration and Diversity, Norway
• 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
• Case study – Register of Sworn Translators in Poland
  Bolesław Cieślik, Sworn Translators Division, Ministry of Justice, Poland

13.00 – 14.15 : Lunch break

14.15 – 15.45 : Mechanisms to determine quality in interpreting and translation (EU Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings – Article 5)

• The police perspective
  Amanda Clement, Head of Language Policy & Co-ordination Metropolitan Police Service – Language & Cultural Services, United Kingdom
• Certification of legal interpreters and translators in Austria
  Christine Springer, President of ÖVGD (Austrian Association of Certified Court Interpreters), Austria
• Developments in the Swedish registration and procurement system
  Ivett Larson and Klas Ericsson, Kammerkollegiet Statens inköpscentral (Legal, Financial and Administrative Services Agency), Sweden

15.45 – 16.15 : Coffee/Tea break

16.15 – 17.45 : Best practices for effective communication (EU Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings – Article 6)

• The international perspective on legal interpreting and translation
   Daniela Amodeo, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg
• Enhanced communication via an interpreter, Cambridgeshire Constabulary awareness film
  Katrina Mayfield, Interpreting and Translation Services, Manager for Cambridgeshire Constabulary, United Kingdom
• ‘Vademecum’ for lawyers
  Roland Kier, Austria, European Criminal Bar Association
• The Scottish example
  Isabelle Perez and Christine Wilson, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, and Ian McKim, retired Scottish Police Inspector, United Kingdom
• Use of Interpreters from a Defence Agent’s View
  Gerard Brown, United Kingdom, Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe

Saturday, 26 November 2011

9.30 – 11.00 : Various aspects of legal interpreting and translation (EU Directive on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings – Articles 2 and 3)

• Sign-language interpreting in judicial settings – best practices
  Suzanne Heuft, sign-language interpreter (SLN) and sign-language interpreter trainer at the SIGV (Stichting Instituut van Gerechtstolken & -Vertalers), Netherlands
• Video-mediated interpreting in criminal proceedings: research findings and initial recommendations
  Sabine Braun, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
• The right to interpretation and translation in the Czech Republic
  Ondrej Muka, lawyer, Czech Republic