Already an IBA member? Sign in for a better website experience
The IBA’s response to the war in Ukraine
Co-Chair
Adriana De Buerba
Co-Chair
Janusz Tomczak
Criminal Law Committee
The Criminal Law Committee provides a forum for members from many countries and criminal justice systems to meet regularly, communicate, exchange views, and monitor developments in substantive and procedural criminal law
About the Committee
The Criminal Law Committee provides a forum for members from many countries and criminal justice systems to meet regularly, communicate, exchange views, and monitor developments in substantive and procedural criminal law. The committee focuses on developments of transnational and international significance. The interaction and cooperation within the committee keeps members informed of developments in criminal law and criminal procedures through newsletters and appointed rapporteurs.
The listings of committee members, according to location and practice area, and the ability to utilise the website to inquire about legal and representation issues, promotes the referral of cases to fellow members, mutual cooperation in transnational criminal and related cases, as well as an opportunity to exchange professional experiences and to assist other members in transnational aspects of criminal law cases.
Publications
Internal investigations: recent developments
More and more over the recent years, with a trend that has crossed the borders of common law jurisdictions and has reached those of civil law, criminal law is becoming not only a matter of judicial defence of a case but also, especially in the corporate world, a matter of preventing misconducts and, in the case of those that have been committed, a matter of prompt and effective collection of items of evidence for their ascertainment.
Released on Sep 02, 2022
Ten questions that commonly arise when conducting employee investigations
Ten questions that commonly arise when conducting employee investigations: different considerations in interviews solely for disciplinary proceedings versus those assessing whether criminal or regulatory misconduct has occurred
Released on Sep 02, 2022
Internal investigations and the many issues posed by Turkish law
Turkish law presents several issues to consider when designing and executing internal investigations, differing from European Union or United States law in some key areas.
Released on Sep 02, 2022
Internal investigations in Switzerland: recent developments
Abstract This article aims at providing an overview of certain key issues that arise in the ambit of internal investigations in Switzerland. In particular, it discusses whistleblowing, data privacy, employment and client identification considerations, as well as legal privilege, before examining the role of penalty orders as an instrument in the resolution of investigations.
Released on Sep 02, 2022
Subcommittees and other groups
The Criminal Law Committee also coordinates the activities of the following subcommittees/working groups.
- Criminal Law Committee Advisory Board