Madrid Programme

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: REPRESENTACION DE LA COMISION EUROPEA EN ESPAÑA
P.º de la Castellana, 46 – 28046 Madrid
 

Date: 15 to 16 March 2012

Workshop language: English

 

Thursday, 15 March

09.00 – 09.30: Registration

09.30 – 10.15 : Opening Plenary

• Welcome and Introduction
  Liese Katschinka, President of EULITA
• Welcome Messages
  Francisco Fonseca-Morillo, Director of the European Commission Representation Office in Madrid
  Francisco Javier Vieira Morante, President of the Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Madrid
  Antonio Ventura Díaz-Díaz, Director, Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste
  Sonsoles Plaza, President of Asociación Profesional de Traductores e Intérpretes Judiciales y Jurados (APTIJ)
• Video Message
  V. Reding, Vice-President, EU Commission

10.15 – 10.45 : Coffee Break

10.45 – 12.15 : 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
  Luca De Matteis, General Secretariat of the Council of the EU
• Panel Discussion: Overview of National Situations
  Carmen Zamorano (Spain), Veneta Stoilova/Elena Doyscheva (Bulgaria), Maria Papamichael (Cyprus), Marietta Simegiato (Greece), Maria Fenech (Malta), Anne Brunke (Portugal), Cristiana Coblis (Romania)
   

12.15 – 13.15 : 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

13.15 – 14.30 : Lunch

14.30 – 16.00 : Session III – Quality I (Articles 2 and 3)

Moderator: Zofia Rybinska

• Use of Legal Interpreters and Translators from a Defence Lawyer’s View
  Fernando Piernavieja Niembro, CCBE Spain
• Use of Legal Interpreters and Translators from a Judge’s View
  Lord Gill, United Kingdom
  
• Use of Legal Interpreters and Translators from the Police Perspective
  Dirk Rombouts, Belgium
• Questions & Answers

16.00 – 16.30 : Coffee Break

16.30 – 18.00 : Session IV – Quality II (Articles 2 and 3)

Moderator: Erik Hertog

• Training Legal Interpreters in Response to the new Directive
  Gertrud Hofer, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• Training Legal Translators in Response to the new Directive
  Liisa Laakso-Tammisto, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Setting up accreditation systems
  Cynthia Giambruno, University of Alicante, Spain

18.00 – 19.00 : Session V – Quality III and code of Ethics (Articles 2 and 3)

Moderator: Katalin Balogh

• Legal interpreters and translators from a legal professional’s viewpoint
  Fernando A. Gascón Nasarre, lawyer, Spain
• Legal interpreters and translators from an interpreter’s/translator’s viewpoint – Presenting EULITA’s Code of Professional Ethics
  Executive Committee of EULITA

19.00 – 20.00 : Reception at the premises of EU Commission Representation Office in Spain

Friday , 16 March

09.30 – 11.00 : Session VI – Registers I (Article 5)

Moderator: Marinella Salami

• 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 Spanish Experience
  Ramón Garrido, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain
  

11.00 – 11.30 : Coffee Break

11.30 – 13.00 : Session VII – 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
• Certification of Legal Interpreters and Translators in Austria
  Christine Springer, President of ÖVGD (Austrian Association of Certified Court Interpreters), Austria
• E-justice Portal and a European Database of Legal Interpreters and Translators
  Philippe Vlérick, European Commission, DG Justice
• Basic Outline of a National Register of Legal Interpreters and Translators
  Liese Katschinka, President of EULITA

13.00 – 14.15 : Lunch Break

14.15 – 15.45 : Session VIII – Training for Effective Communication through Legal Interpreters and Translators (Article 6)

Moderator: Flavia Caciagli

• The Scottish Example
  Isabelle Perez and Christine Wilson, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK
• The Defence Counsel’s Perspective
  Vania Costas Ramos, ECBA, Portugal
• Training Judges for Effective Communication
  (N.N.)

15.45 – 16.15 : Coffee Break

16.15 – 18.00 : Session IX – Sign-Language Interpreting, Use of Modern Communications Technology (Article 3)

Moderator:Christine Wilson

• Sign-Language Interpreting in Europe – An Overview
  Marinella Salami, EFSLI (European Forum of Sign-Language Interpreters), Italy
• Video-Mediated Interpreting in Criminal Proceedings: Research Findings and Initial Recommendations
  Sabine Braun, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
• Interpreting Hubs in MET Police
  Jon Thomson, Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police Service, Head of Operations, Language Programme, United Kingdom
• Practical Experience with Video-Conference Interpreting in Romania
  (N.N.)

18.00 – 18.45 : Closing session

• Legal Interpretation and Translation at the European Court of Justice
  Marina Pascual-Olaguibel, European Court of Justice, Luxembourg
• Summary of Workshop Results from the EU’s Perspective
  Luca De Matteis and Mauro Miranda
• Suggestions and Evaluations
  Workshop Participants
• Summary of Workshop Discussions and Conclusions
  Liese Katschinka

Group dinner

 The TRAFUT team wishes to thank the following organisations for their support:

 

Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste

ASETRAD

APTIJ

EIZIE

Xarxa

AGPTI

IAPTI

APTIC

ASATI

Universidad Pontificia Comillas