Welcome to PenalNet, the first European network for SECURE, FLUENT AND EFFICIENT e-communications intended for criminal lawyers.

PenalNet is an initiative supported and co-financed by the program Criminal Justice 2007, from the Directorate-General Justice, Freedom and Security of the European Commission, and its development is currently undertaken by the Consejo General de la Abogacía (Spanish Bar) in cooperation with four partner Bars: the Conseil National des Barreaux (France), the Magyar Ügyvédi Kamara (Hungary) Consiglio Nazionale Forense (Italy), and Baroul Bucuresti,(Romania).

Thanks to an authenticated system based on the European Standards approved by the Council of European Bars and Law Societies (CCBE) and on digital certification x509v3, PenalNet provides the certainty that a lawyer is actually dealing with another authenticated colleague, and that the latter is the only person entitled to access the content received. Likewise, the system guarantees that the information exchanged cannot be modified or rejected.

The use of PenalNet by a lawyer means providing a cost-effective solution to citizens and clients, by using modern communication means to fully protect privacy and developing a professional network to promote the right of defence in crossborder practice.

The system provides a directory of registered European criminal lawyers, which allows faster interaction and efficiency and increases confidence between the professionals and amongst clients/citizens, whilst protecting their right to privacy as well as their professional secrecy.

In this website you will find information about PenalNet project development, milestones, news and agenda. We remind you that PenalNet is a restricted service to digital certificate lawyers from the partner Bars.