Prosecutors General from Europe and Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and Tunisia) agreed on the Guiding Principles of the EuroMed Forum of Prosecutors General setting up the main objectives and principles of collaboration, communication and continuation of the Forum with the objective of improving international judicial cooperation. The agreement of the Guiding Principles of cross-regional collaboration took place this week under the impetus of EuroMed Justice, the program financed by the European Commission for judicial cooperation between the countries of Europe and the Mediterranean. This second Forum, promoted by and held at Eurojust’s premises, and following the cornerstone laid by the Spanish Prosecutor’s Office last year in Madrid, was well received and welcomed by the Prosecutors General from the participating countries. The President of Eurojust, Mr Ladislav Hamran, said: “At Eurojust, we have long realized that judicial cooperation should not stop at the borders of Europe. Eurojust is the European Union’s Judicial Cooperation Unit, established in 2002 to stimulate and improve the coordination of investigations and prosecutions and the cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States in relation to serious cross-border crime.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 02, 2019 09:11 UTC