The EuroMed Justice programme further develops the concept of a sustainable cooperation mechanism for cross-border judicial cooperation in criminal matters between EU Member States (EU MSs) and the South Partner Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia, hereafter jointly referred to as SPCs).
It strengthens strategic cooperation between national law enforcement authorities in SPCs, as well as between SPCs and EU MSs and EU agencies, with the direct involvement of Eurojust and the European Judicial Network (EJN).
EuroMed Justice builds upon lessons learnt and achievements from the previous phases of the programme, drawing inspiration in particular from the key elements of success of EuroMed Justice IV.
Countries covered: Neighbourhood South countries
Overall objective:
– Contribute to protecting the EU neighbouring countries’ citizens against criminal activities, respecting the rule of law and human rights
Specific objective:
– Strengthen the strategic cooperation in judicial criminal matters in three axes: (1) amongst national judicial authorities in SPCs; (2) between SPCs and EU MSs and (3) with EU judicial cooperation instances.
Expected outputs and related activities:
Facilitate cooperation on cross-border cases.