To enhance the knowledge of the legal professionals on the developmental trends of the German Code of Criminal Procedure, in line with the existing Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Macao SAR, the Law Reform and International Law Bureau (DSRJDI) is going to hold one workshop on “The German Code of Criminal Procedure: Historical-Evolutionary Perspective” on the upcoming October 13th, from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., in the multi-function room of the DSRJDI, located at Alameda Dr. Carlos D' Assumpção, n. ° 398, CNAC Building, 6th floor, as part of the 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field.

The 'workshop' will be conducted in English, with simultaneous translation into Cantonese and Portuguese by Professor Dr. Cornelius Nestler, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Department of Criminal Law, University of Cologne, Germany.

The following topics will be discussed in this session:

1. Overview of the German Code of Criminal Procedure;

2. The German trial system;

3. The German system of appeals;

4. The rights of the subjects under the German Code of Criminal Procedure;

5. The German procedural time limits.

The 2nd EU-Macao Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field, which incorporates this workshop, has as its main objective the “Consolidation of the Macao Legal System” and will take place until December 2012.

The execution of this Programme is organised by the Law Reform and International Law Bureau (DSRJDI), with the participation of several other MSAR’s entities and public departments, namely, the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (CFJJ), the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ), the Economic Services (DSE), the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) and the Institute of European Studies of Macao (IEEM).