About

The EUDICRI project is lead by the Department of Law and Political, Economical and Social Sciences (DiGSPES) at the University of Eastern Piedmont, PI dott. Alessandro Provera, and gathers a group of scholars from DIGSPES and DISIT, Department of Science and Technological Innovation, who share several research and teaching projects in order to raise awareness about the use of digital technologies by law enforcement authorities in the field of criminal investigations and promote the knowledge of the EU law regulating the subject. The intensive use of digital forensic tools for criminal investigation and the increasing momentum gained by AI solutions also in criminal proceedings can generate many opportunities, in terms of technological innovation and economic-social development, but also entail risks for fundamental rights, along with the rule of law and democracy. In this context, the EUDiCRI School is the main aim of the project and seeks to stimulate, in three editions, debates and progress on the EU legal framework in digital forensics, with the active engagement of practitioners, academics and the civil society, with different levels of involvement and synergy.

EUDiCRI will address the following objectives:

analysing the potentialities of the most controversial digital tools used in criminal proceedings;
analysing the specific risks of such tools against the fundamental rights set forth by the EU law such as the presumption of innocence, fair trial;
improving the general and specialized knowledge of the EU legal framework;
involving actively students, faculty, young researchers, members of law enforcement agencies, judiciary and lawyers, who deal with criminal proceedings and wish to become familiar with the features, limits and dangers associated with the most innovative tools of searching for evidence;
enhancing the dialogue between academic institution and society.

EUDiCRI is focusing on the opportunities and possible risks of digital technologies. All the planned activities are aimed to familiarize participants with the existing EU instruments, in particular the General Data Protection Regulation, the Law Enforcement Directive, the Digital Service Act, the Data Governance Act, the forthcoming AI Regulation, and to enhance the discussion about the compliance of investigative digital tools with fundamental rights. The academic preliminary comparison, the confrontation between professionals during the activities, the debate with public opinion will allow to understand how the national experiences can be a useful basis for the developing of a new European awareness in this field.