Annika Suominen

Dr. Annika Suominen currently (from 2018) holds a position as an assistant professor in Criminal Law at Stockholm University, Sweden. She holds an LLM in law from the University of Helsinki, Finland (2006) and a PhD in Law at the University of Bergen, Norway (2011). Prior to working at Stockholm University, she worked for one year at the University of Helsinki and ten years at the University of Bergen amongst other as a postdoctoral research fellow and for the years 2015-2017 as an associate professor of criminal law.

Her research interests are primarily EU criminal law and criminal procedure but also aspects of the general part of criminal law as well as immigration law. Her teaching experience covers Norwegian criminal law, Swedish criminal law, EU criminal law, constitutional and human rights law, health law as well as Norwegian criminal procedural law.

Annika has published largely in her research area and has further conducted (together with prof. Husabø) a report for the Norwegian Ministry of Justice on the detention of foreigners in Norwegian law (2012). In addition to this, she has taken part in many research projects, both Nordic and European.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

 

Name: Annika
Surname: Suominen
Nationality: Swedish
Address: Universitetslektor i straffrätt, Juridiska institutionen,
Stockholms universitet, 106 91 Stockholm
E-Mail: Annika.Suominen@juridicum.su.se

 

EDUCATION

  • 2011: PhD (Law) Faculty of Law, University of Bergen.2006: LL.M. (Master of Laws) Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki. Advanced studies in criminal procedural law and master thesis graded eximia cum laude approbatur.

 

RESEARCH FIELDS

  • EU criminal law
  • Nordic criminal law and criminal procedure
  • Detention of foreigners

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

  • Swedish mother tongue
  • Finnish mother tongue
  • English fluent
  • Norwegian fluent
  • German intermediate
  • French intermediate

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Member, ECPI, European Criminal Policy Initiative (http://www.crimpol.eu/).
  • Contact point for Norway, ECLAN, European Criminal Law Academic Network (http://www.iee-ulb.eu/en/european-criminal-law-academic-network-eclan).
  • Member, editorial board of the European Criminal Law Review (EuCLR, http://www.hartjournals.co.uk/euclr/).
  • Member, editorial board of New Journal of European criminal law (NJECL, http://www.njecl.eu/).

 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

Books:

  • “The principle of mutual recognition in cooperation in criminal matters – A study of the principle in four framework decisions and in the implementation legislation in the Nordic Member States.” Intersentia, 2011.

 

Articles (essential ones in chronological order):

  • Article “Brexit and EU criminal law- a Norwegian approach” in Criminal Law Forum 2017, Volume 28, Issue 2, pp 251–273.
  • Article “State responsibility when transferring non-consenting prisoners to further their social rehabilitation – Lessons learnt from the asylum case law”. Together with Dr. Wendy DeBondt, EuCLR 3/2015 pp. 347-370.
  •  Article «EU strafferett og Norge – hvor står vi i dag?» in a thematic issue of TFS (Tidsskrift for Strafferett) 4/2015 on the Norwegian approach in relation to EU criminal law, pp. 375-395.
  • Article “Limits of mutual recognition in cooperation in criminal matters within the EU – especially in the light of recent judgments of both European Courts” EuCLR 3/2014 pp. 210-235.
  •  Article “Effectiveness and functionality of substantive EU criminal law” in the special edition of NJECL on the Effectiveness of EU criminal law, NJECL 3/2014 pp. 388-415.
  • “What role for legal certainty in criminal law within the area of freedom, security and justice in the EU?” – article Bergen Journal of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (BJCLCJ) 1/2014 pp. 1-31.
  • EU criminal law cooperation before and after the Lisbon Treaty – aspects and comments especially in relation to the Norwegian position, JFT 6/2012 p. 573-604.
  • “The characteristics of Nordic criminal law in the setting of EU criminal law” article in the European Criminal Law Review (EuCLR) 2/2011 pp. 170-187.
  • “Different Implementations of Mutual Recognition Framework Decisions”, in EUCRIM 1/2011 pp. 24-27.
  • ”Får Lissabonfördraget slut på gormandet?” –article written together with Dan Frände in Europarättslig tidsskrift 4/2009 pp. 657-672 (article on the Lisbon Treaty and criminal law).
  • “Skjær i sjøen for Norges strafferettslige samarbeid med EU” –article written together with Bjarne Kvam in Lov og Rett vol. 48, 8/2009, pp. 478–492 (article on the Norwegian position as regards co-operation in criminal matters in the EU).
  • ”Eurojust, the past, the present and the future” – article in Maastricht Journal for European and Comparative Law Volume 15, 2/2008 pp. 217-234.

 

Contributions (essential ones in chronological order):

  • Article “The sensitive relation between the different means of legal integration: mutual recognition and approximation” in The Needed Balances in EU Criminal Law (eds. C Briere and A. Weyembergh, Hart Studies in European criminal law), 2017 pp. 165-184.
  •  Chapter “Criminal Liability of Political Decision-Makers in Norway” in Criminal Liability of Political Decision Makers (ed. F Zimmermann, Springer 2017), pp. 193-223.
  • A comparative article “Comparing Special Procedural Rules for the Prosecution of Politicians – A Blessing or a Curse?” in Criminal Liability of Political Decision Makers (ed. F Zimmermann, Springer 2017), pp. 303-314.
  • Article “EU criminal law, what are we afraid of?” in Essays on European criminal law (eds. Asp and Ulväng, Iustus), pp. 71-85.
  • Article “The functionality of the European Public Prosecutor’s office” in a joint ECPI book; The European Public Prosecutor’s Office – legal and criminal policy perspectives ed. Asp (Skrifter utgivna av Juridiska fakulteten vid Stockholms universitet nr. 83) pp. 88-111.
  • Article/country report together with Dan Helenius on the criminal procedure in Finnish legislation, in Ambos et al. (eds.) Rechtshilferecht in Strafsachen (2014 Nomos) pp. 1216-1224.
  • Two chapters/country reports on respective Finnish (pp. 37-62) and Norwegian (pp. 91-124) legislation on criminal jurisdiction, in the collective book Criminal Jurisdiction – A Nordic Perspective eds.  Elholm and Feldtman (DJØF, Copenhagen 2014).
  • “Forholdet mellom utlendingslovens og straffeprosesslovens regler om fengsling” an article on the relationship between criminal procedural law and administrative law in relation to detention of foreigners in Norwegian law, in “Krimmigrasjon? Den nye kontrollen av de fremmende (eds. Aas, Ugelvik and Johansen) 2013 pp. 121-134.
  • ”Utgör artikel 325 i funktionsfördraget grunden för en europeisk, supranationell bedrägeristraffrätt?” – article written together with Dan Frände in the collective book Liber amicarum et amicorum Karin Cornils – Glimt af nordisk straffrätt og straffeprosessrett (eds. Elholm, Greve, Asp, Bragadottir, Frände and Strandbakken) Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag 2010 pp. 121-133 (article on the possible development of article 325 TFEU as a basis for a supranational, European criminal law against the financial interests of the EU).
  • ”Vaikeneeko kritiikin häly Lissabonin sopimuksen myötä?” – article written together with Dan Frände in the collective book Vapauden, Oikeuden ja Turvallisuuden Eurooppa (eds. Nuotio and Malkki) Forum Iuris 2010 pp. 27-41 (article on the Lisbon Treaty and its impact on European criminal law).
  • “The Finnish approach to mutual recognition in criminal matters and its implementation” in the collective book The future of mutual recognition in criminal matters in the European Union / L’avenir de la reconnaissance mutuelle en matière pénale dans l’Union européenne, Brussels, Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles, pp. 219-238.