Abstract

Within the context of the criminal judicial cooperation and current Treaty provisions, scope of criminal competence of the EU pose ambiguity in terms of substantive and procedural aspects. The scope of EU’s competence in the area of judicial criminal cooperation regarding the substantive and procedural aspects, in particular defence rights will be addressed in this article. As regards the harmonization of criminal law of Member States and mutual recognition of judgments, legal bases of criminal competence will be analysed. In terms of procedural guarantees for parties of trial, criminal competence of the EU has certain drawbacks. The Constitutional Treaty would and the Treaty of Lisbon provide satisfactory clear legal basis for competency of the EU as well as harmonisation and mutual recognition

Keywords

• European Union
• Criminal Competence
• Criminal Judicial Cooperation
• Mutual Recognition and Harmonization.

Lizbon Sonrası Avrupa Birliğinin Cezai Meselelerde Yetkisinin Kapsamı

Öz

Cezai meselelerde adli işbirliği kapsamında, yürürlükteki Antlaşmalar çerçevesinde, maddi ve ceza usul hukuku bakımından, AB’nin cezai yetkisi yeterince açık değildir. Bu makale de maddi ceza hukuku ve ceza usulü açısından ve özellikle de usuli haklar açısından AB’nin cezai meselelerde işbirliği alanındaki yetkisinin kapsamı ele alınacak ve harmonizasyon ve karşılıklı tanıma açısından Antlaşmalardaki yasal temel incelenecektir. Ceza yargılamasının tarafları açısından usuli güvenceler konusunda mevcut cezai yetki sorunlar içermektedir. Bu çerçevede, Anayasal Antlaşma ve Lizbon Antlaşması, AB’nin cezai yetkisine ilişkin Antlaşmalar temelinde açık yetki sağlamaktadır. Bununla bağlantılı olarak Lizbon Antlaşması, karşılıklı tanıma ve harmonizasyona ilişkin sunduğu yaklaşım beklentilerini de karşılamaktadır

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Avrupa Birliği
• Cezai Yetki
• Ceza İşlerinde İşbirliği
• Karşılıklı

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