Centre for International Criminal Law

The research of the centre concerns international criminal law (interstate collaboration in criminal matters, transborder criminality, international crimes emphasis on problems in the information society - -Topic A: General and theoretical aspects ofcomputer law - - "Informatics and the law": aspects of legal theory and philosophy of sciences - - Fundamental aspects of computr law issues. - - Topic B: Privacy protection (concerning transnational data flow and new information technologies) - - General legal and philosophical background - - The new Belgian Legislation - - The draft E.C. Directive - - Topic C: Medical data - - Medical data and issues relating to privacy - - Archiving techniques and legislation - - The European Integrated Picture Archiving and Communication System of Medical Data (EurIPACS) : Legal Issues - - Topic D: Computer related criminality - - The phenomenological analysis of computer - related crime - - The analysis of various forms of criminality related to the use of computers - - An overview and comparative study of substantive penal law - - Analysis of the relevant work of the OECD, the Council of Europe and the E.C. - - Topic E: Criminal Procedure and Informatics - - Legal background - - Belgian draft-legislation - - International initiatives (OECD) and European cooperation initiatives. - - Topic F: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - - Economic analysis of the use of EDI :Legal problems of EDI - - Interchange agreements - - Protection of information systems. - - Topic G: Protection of Software, Databases and Topographies of Semi-Conductor Products - - Topic H: Information Systems on Security - - Awereness-raising of computer insecurity - - Technical and organisational measures on computer security - - Legal guidelines on computer security