The autonomous concept of “detention” in EU criminal law. From the European Arrest Warrant to the need for a systemic appraisal of the notion
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https://doi.org/10.24197/ree.83.2024.361-395Keywords:
autonomous concepts; detention; judicial cooperation in criminal matters; European Supervision Order; deprivation of personal libertyAbstract
“Detention” is a crucial concept in the EU judicial cooperation framework. In the absence of a common normative definition, the EU Court of Justice construed “detention” as an autonomous concept of EU law in the JZ case. This article aims at illustrating the Court’s reasoning in JZ and the systemic implications of that autnonomous notion on the judicial cooperation framework. In this sense, the European Supervision Order Framwerok Decision is selected as a case-study, demonstrating how the notion as framed in JZ may not fit all judicial cooperation instruments. These considerations are finally integrated in the braoder debate on the establishment of common EU rules on detention
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