Jurisconsult advising in cases in the following jurisdictions: ESTONIA, ITALY, NORWAY, PORTUGAL, SPAIN and UKRAIN
Professor Albuquerque provides independent expert opinions since 2004, mainly in the preparation of appeals to apex courts, including the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the Europe Union, referring to subjects such as
- Offences committed in the exercise of public functions, corruption, influence peddling, embezzlement, mismanagement of public resources, abuse of office;
- Mafia-type association, bad faith bankruptcy, fraud, forgery, tax fraud and other tax offences, cybercrime, money laundering;
- Drug trafficking;
- Crimes against persons, negligent homicide, sexual abuse of minors;
- Criminal procedure, court composition, presumption of innocence, international and European arrest warrant, requisites, length and conditions of pre-trial detention, assets’ freezing, covert investigative measures, undercover agent, phone tapping and other communications’ interceptions, modification of facts and charges of the accusation, conduct of witnesses, experts and other procedural interveners, translation of documents and interpretation of oral testimonies, appealability and scope of appeals to apex courts;
- Criminal prevention, assets’ confiscation;
- Competition law and other administrative law offences, dawn raids, selfincrimination;
- Property law, expropriation, nationalisation;
- Inheritance law, discrimination of a legitimate heir, surprise court decision;
- Anti-discrimination law, discrimination of a religious minority, deprivation of public subsidies and other rights;
- Disciplinary charges against judges;
- Internal organization of the Public Prosecution Office and autonomy of public prosecutors;
- Financing of political parties
Expert for the GRECO (Group of States against corruption)
Appointed by the COUNCIL OF EUROPE: responsible person for two missions and two reports on corruption regarding Bulgaria and Belgium. Both reports were approved by the plenary of GRECO assembly (from 2009 to 2010)
Expert for the EUROPEAN COMMISSION
In the European Union projects “Victims of Crimes and Mediation” (from 2006 to 2008) organised by the Portuguese, the Scottish and the Dutch Victim Support Agencies, and “Crime Repression Costs in Context” (from 2007 to 2009), organised by the University of Florence, the Foundation Michelucci (Italy), the University of Bremen (Germany), the University of Barcelona (Spain), the University of Ankara (Turkey), the University of Miskolc (Hungary), the Legal Institute of Lithuania, the Center for the Study of Democracy (Bulgaria), the Intercollege (Cyprus) and the Institute for Labour and Corporate Sciences of Lisbon (Portugal). Both reports were approved by the EU Commission
Expert for the PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENT
On the draft law on the fight against
corruption (in 2010) and the draft law on domestic violence (in 2009)
Expert for the PORTUGUESE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Member of the Ministry of Justice Taskforce for Penal Reform (from 2005 to 2007); member of the Jury for the selection of candidates to become Judges and Prosecutors in Portugal (from 2005 to 2007 and in 2010)
Expert for the GERMAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE and the MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR AUSLÄNDISCHES UND INTERNATIONALES STRAFRECHT, FREIBURG
Germany (in 1999 and 2000). Professor Albuquerque’s report in the Project Rechtsmittel im Strafrecht was published by Monika Becker and Jörg Kinzig (Hrsg.), Rechtsmittel im Strafrecht, Eine internationalvergleichende Untersuchung zur Rechtsvirwiklicheit und Effizienz von Rechtsmittel, cited below
Expert for the PORTUGUESE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
Member of the cabinet of the Secretary of State for internal affairs (in 1989 and 1990)