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101% Who controls your choices? – 29 May 2025

An important event entitled “101% Who controls your choices?” will be held at the Goce Delcev University of Stip (North Macedonia) tomorrow, May 29, 2025. The initiative, which proudly results from the collaboration of the Jean Monnet Chair EUVALWEB, under the scientific responsibility of Prof. Teresa Russo, the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Salerno, and the Italian State Police, aims to increase awareness among young people about the responsible use of social media.

In particular, Italian police officers, Roberta Manzo, Vincenzo Capone and Ilenia Luca, will present Andry Odlyvanyy’s short film, which was directed by Serena Corvaglia and produced by One More Pictures with Rai Cinema in cooperation with the Postal Police. The short film, which is about the sentimental education of young people in the internet age, took first place in the sixth edition of the Venice International Film Festival’s “The Reality that does not exist” contest.
Additionally, two short films edited by students from the High School “Slavco Stojmenski” and Goce Delcev University’s Faculty of Educational Science, Stip, will be shown.
The initiative will end with an open discussion.

The Italian Ambassador in Skopje, H.E. Mr Paolo Palminteri, will also be attending the event.

Our sincere gratitude goes out to Goce Delcev University in particular, Ana Nikodinovska Krstevska, Olga Koshevaliska, Elena Maksimova, for their hospitality and willingness to provide the location and the occasion!

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Quo Vadis EU Security? A Constitutional Perspective on Migration, Transnational Crime, Fundamental Rights and Values – 27 May 2025

We are delighted to announce the final conference of the third edition of our Jean Monnet Chair, entitled “Quo Vadis EU Security? A Constitutional Perspective on Migration, Transnational Crime, Fundamental Rights and Values“, which will take place on May 27, 2025, at the University ‘Goce Delčev’ of Štip (North Macedonia).

The Conference aims to gather researchers and experts from the field of migration, transnational crime, and fundamental rights who will discuss issues related to these topics from the lens of constitutional and legislative adaptations of national legal systems for European Integrations. In concrete, the Conference is meant to provide an account of the constitutional amendments made by the candidate countries and potential candidates for EU accession to achieve harmonization with EU legislation.

We’are providing an updated flyer, comprehensive of both guests’ bios and abstracts. Please, find it at: http://euvalweb.euweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Completed-EUVALWEB-2025-5-27-Final-Conference-Goce-Delcev-University-1.pdf

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Roundtable debate on the promotion and protection of EU values – 23 May 2025

It gives us great joy to discuss promoting and protecting EU values with law students from the Department of Legal Sciences at the University of Salerno. We believe that developing an awareness of these values is critical for the next generation of legal professionals, who will play an important role in shaping the future of European law and protecting the values that underpin our Union. Engaging students on these themes enriches their educational experience and empowers them to be champions for justice and equality in their future jobs.
Their perspective is also crucial to comprehending how they see the issues facing Europe and the rest of the world, as well as to support them in maintaining optimism and overcoming the challenges.
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Pictures of the day – 20 May 2025

The seminar of yesterday gave us the opportunity to talk about the key concerns in the fight against corruption. Prof. Russo outlined the European Union’s present approach in this field in her introduction. We were able to consider the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against corruption (Dr. Coppola), the challenges of criminal judicial cooperation in Montenegro in transforming to EU standards (Prof. Saranovic), and Ukraine’s progress in spite of the ongoing conflict (Professors Moroz and Novosolov, Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University).
We were then able to examine particular facets, such as how corruption affects respect to human rights and the Union’s core values, thanks to the youngest’s involvement (Dr. Vannata, and Drs. Surloska and Trajkoska, North Macedonia).
We are quite pleased because the seminar was the first step in scientific cooperation with the Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University (Ukraine), owing to the involvement of Ukrainian professors and students online.
We will continue to work together to promote an open cultural dialogue as part of the Jean Monnet Chair EUVALWEB’s key mission to build an integrated European society.

Pictures of the day available at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1213949203854960&type=3

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EU’s Anti-Corruption Strategy Within the Member States and Accession States – 20 May 2025

On Tuesday 20 May 2025, starting at 12:15 P. M., at ‘Catania’ Hall of Department of Legal Science of University of Salerno¸ within the Legal Clinic EU Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs: Insights and the activities of the EUVALWEB Legal Observatory, the seminar on the EU’s Anti-Corruption Strategy Within the Member States and Accession States will be held.  The seminar will be introduced and chaired by Teresa Russo (Associate Professor of European Union Law, DSG, Unisa, Holder of the EUVALWEB Chair) and will be followed by the speeches of the keynote speakers, Fabio Coppola (Researcher of Criminal Law, DSG, Unisa), Dr. Yulia Moroz (Ph.D., Professor at the Department of National Security, Public Management and Administration, Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Ukraine), Dr. Ivan Novosolov (Ph.D., Head of Educational Programs of the Innovation Hub, Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University, Ukraine), Dr. Nikola Šaranović (Lecturer in Public International Law and Fundamentals of EU Law, Faculty of Legal Sciences and Humanities, University of Donja Gorica, Montenegro, Member of EUVALWEB Team Chair). This will be followed by the speeches by Emanuele Vannata (Ph.D in Legal Sciences, DSG, Unisa), Roze Surlovska Ristevska and Elena Trajkovska (Ph.D. students, Faculty of Law, Goce Delcev University, Štip, North Macedonia).

For further information please address the flyer. 

 

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First week of training for NMK PhD students – 16 May 2025

The first week of training for the two doctoral students, Roze Surlovska Ristevska and Elena Trajkovska, from Goce Delcev University, Stip, North Macedonia, within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair EUVALWEB, under the supervision of the Chair Holder, Professor Teresa Russo, came to an end.
The week was full of activities: first the meeting with the Doctoral Coordinator, Professor Angela Di Stasi, and the other Ph.D. students from the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Salerno and Bari to compare methodologies and approaches to research; then the meeting with the tutors of the Jean Monnet Chair EUVALWEB, Dr. Stefano Busillo and Dr. Emanuele Vannata, to integrate them in the scientific activities of the EUVALWEB Legal Observatory.
Finally, the visit of the university campus and the welcome to our Erasmus and International Relations Office.
We are really satisfied and ready for the second week.

Pictures available at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=euvalweb&set=a.1210128914236989

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PhD student’s gathering: cultural/human enhancement and scientific comparison – 12 May 2025

Incorporating young academics from partner countries into European educational programs and helping future Member States comprehend, interpret, and apply EU law is one of the goals of the Jean Monnet Chair EUVALWEB.
As a result, we are delighted to welcome two PhD students from Goce Delcev University in Stip, North Macedonia, to the EUVALWEB Legal Observatory for a two-week training. They will be exchanging methods and approaches to scientific research in the field of EU law for a human, cultural, and scientific comparison with PhD students from the University of Salerno’s Department of Legal Sciences.

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Pictures of the day – 9 May 2025

We were extremely impressed with the scientific results achieved at yesterday’s conference.
The multidisciplinary and theoretical-practical approach was fundamental to understanding the evolution of the crime of trafficking in human beings.
In addition, the conference enabled a dialogue between all authorities and actors involved at territorial level in the identification, detection and combating of this serious crime.
Coordination remains crucial to ensure adequate assistance and protection for victims and to punish perpetrators.
Similarly, prevention through training, scientific initiatives and programmes are crucial for raising the awareness of society as a whole towards this heinous crime that violates human dignity.
We are only at the first event of the implementation protocol on training concerning trafficking and exploitation concluded with the Court of Salerno, and with the participation of Dedalus Cooperativa sociale, IOM, EUAA, UNHCR – which falls within the activities of the EUVALWEB Legal Observatory.
The conference also allowed us to reflect on further developments in the scientific research and practical implementation of the protocol.
We express our deepest gratitude to the professors, professionals, lawyers, trial clerks, students and civil society who participated in the work of the conference.

Some pictures of the conference day are available at: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1206022817980932&type=3

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Trafficking in Human Beings: Legal Framework and Critical Application Issues – 9 May 2025

On Friday 9 May 2025, starting at 9:45 a.m., the Conference organised in the framework of the Law Clinic ‘EU Cooperation on Justice and Home Affairs: Insights’ and the EUVALWEB Legal Observatory, dedicated to Trafficking in Human Beings: Legal Framework and Critical Application Issues, will take place. The first session of the event, entitled Framing, definition and implications of trafficking in human beings, will start at 10:00 a.m. and will take place in the ‘Nicola Cilento’ hall of the University of Salerno. This will be opened with the institutional greetings of Vincenzo Loia (Rector of the University of Salerno), Francesco Fasolino (Director of the Department of Legal Sciences, Unisa), Prof. Giuseppe D’Angelo (President of the Didactic Council of the Department of Legal Sciences, Unisa) and Dr. Giuseppe Ciampa (President of the Court of Salerno). The first session will be chaired and introduced by Luigi Kalb (Full Professor of Criminal Procedure, Department of Legal Sciences, Unisa) and will be followed by the speeches of Valeria Giordano (Full Professor of Philosophy of Law, Department of Legal Sciences, Unisa), Anna Iermano (Associate Professor of International Law, Department of Legal Sciences, Unisa), Teresa Russo (Associate Professor of European Union Law, Department of Legal Science, Unisa, EUVALWEB Chair Holder), Antonio Cavaliere (Full Professor of Criminal Law, Department of Law, University of Naples ‘Federico II’), Chiara Scipioni (UNHCR Protection Associate – Human Trafficking), and Emanuela Borrelli (IOM Project Assistant – ALT Caporalato D.U.E. Project).

A debate with students and civil society will conclude the first part of the conference.

The second session of the Conference, dedicated to the difficulties of emerging and identifying trafficking in human beings, will start at 3:00 p.m. and will take place at the Court of Appeal of Salerno, Building E, Aula Magna. This will be inaugurated by the institutional greetings of Francesco Fasolino (Director of the Department of Legal Sciences, Unisa), and Alberto Toriello (Lawyer and President of the Bar Association of Salerno). Two panels will follow, introduced and chaired by Mattia Caputo (Judge of the First Civil Section of the Court of Salerno). The first panel, dedicated to investigations and enquiries, will feature the speeches of Elvio Barbati (Head of the Mobile Squad of the Salerno Police Headquarters) and Rocco Alfano (Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Salerno Court). The second panel, dedicated to the Italian anti-trafficking system and legal protection, will include the speeches of Paola Di Martino (Coordinator of the trafficking and exploitation area of the Dedalus social cooperative) and Alessandra Galatro (Head of the ‘Fuori tratta’ project – ARCI Salerno APS), Amarilda Lici (Lawyer of the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration) and Francesca Iervolino (Judge of the Specialised Section on Immigration and International Protection of the Court of Salerno).

The conference sessions will end with a discussion.

The recognition of training credits for lawyers is envisaged.

Participation in the conference proceedings will also be possible online on the Microsoft Teams platform, upon request by e-mail of the relevant link to info@euweb.org.

For further information, please refer to the attached flyer: http://euvalweb.euweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Locandina-DEF.-Convegno-Tratta-degli-esseri-umani.pdf

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Pictures of the day – 30 april 2025

The social response to the “Un rete di sicurezza/A Safety Net” initiative, which involved the participation of the National Association of Magistrates, the Postal Police, the Giffoni Film Festival in partnership with the Jean Monnet EUVALWEB Chair, under the scientific coordination of Prof. Teresa Russo, and the University of Salerno’s Department of Legal Sciences, has left us completely satisfied.
The mock trial, which addressed the offence of extortion and disseminating child pornographic content, allowed for the societal alarm of a widespread phenomenon among youth.
The debate was energised by students from the university and the participating high schools, which made it possible to focus on the legal repercussions and preventative measures for illegal behaviour.
The press and local media’s involvement allowed the event’s outcomes to be shared as widely as possible.
We sincerely thank everyone who took part in making this day one to remember.

The links to all of the images and the media television reports are provided below:
– https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1199418865307994&type=3

– https://www.liratv.it/news/cronaca/alluniversita-simulato-processo-sui-reati-informatici/?fbclid=IwY2xjawKAHS1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBYakxkY3VFVUk4cVBqNm9SAR6Dqlnt0ksniOF1aM2D-PjkqudS0gSmeq8Kb63ZuEvYURFbwgfhD2kUXITCDQ_aem_4Gvoxc_9EyO3yEtDVTOgQ/

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