The Principle of Proportionality and the European Arrest Warrant

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  • Sarah Haggenmüller

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Criminology, European Arrest Warrant, Principle of Proportionality, Alternative Measures to the European Arrest Warrant, Orden de Detención Europea, principio de proporcionalidad, medidas alternatives a la Orden de Detención Europea

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The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is a grossly coercive instrument that was designed for the persecution of serious cross-border crimes. In recent years, however, Member States have increasingly reported cases in which EAWs have not been issued for serious, but rather for harmless and minor offences. This article analyses the reasons behind the disproportionate use of the EAW and outlines measures to alleviate the problem.

Thereby, it claims that in current debates different categories of disproportionate use of EAWs are often lumped together, and only concentrate on the introduction of a (binding) proportionality test, failing to consider other alternative legislative solutions regarding minor crimes, such as the introduction of new comparable and effective alternative measures. These, however, are considered to be crucial for an alleviation of disproportionate warrants.

La orden de detención europea (ODE) es un instrumento extremadamente coercitivo que fue diseñado para la persecución de delitos transfronterizos graves. En años recientes, sin embargo, los Estados miembro han notificado cada vez más casos en los que la ODE no se debía a delitos serios, sino a casos menores e inofensivos.. En este artículo se analizan las razones que hay detrás del uso desproporcionado de la orden de detención europea y propone medidas para paliar el problema.

De esta manera, se defiende que el debate actual, frecuentemente agrupan diferentes categorías de uso desproporcionado de la ODE, y sólo se concentran en la introducción de un test de proporcionalidad (vinculante), sin tener en cuenta otras soluciones legislativas alternativas, en lo que respecta a delitos menores, como la introducción de nuevas medidas alternativas, comparables y eficaces. Sin embargo, se considera que estas medidas son cruciales para reducir las órdenes de arresto desproporcionadas.

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Biografia do Autor

Sarah Haggenmüller

Sarah Haggenmüller, LL.M. (Exeter), is a PhD candidate at Saarland University, Germany. 12 Wilmington House, 18 Highbury Crescent, N5 1RX London. United Kingdom. sarahhag@gmail.com

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2012-05-02

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Haggenmüller, S. (2012) “The Principle of Proportionality and the European Arrest Warrant”, Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 3(1), p. 95–106. Disponível em: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/194 (Acessado: 23 dezembro 2024).

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Part three: Ultima ratio and proportionality