Senior Legal Officer, EUROJUST
Dr Xavier Tracol has been working as Senior Legal Officer at EUROJUST since September 2008. Based in The Hague, Xavier specifically works in the Data Protection Service which involves focusing on EU privacy and personal data protection law and litigation in the specific context of investigations and prosecutions of serious crime. Xavier also participates in the Security Committee of Eurojust.
From April 2000 to September 2008, Xavier worked as Appeals Counsel with the Office of the Prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He has previously been practising law as an attorney at the Bar of Paris.
Xavier lectures in EU law on the LLM programme at the University of Grenoble Alpes. He regularly chairs and speaks at both international and national conferences and seminars for legal practitioners on privacy and data protection such as the Academy of European Law in Trier. He has also been contributing to EU projects such as the European Informatics Data Exchange Framework for Courts and Evidence (http://www.evidenceproject.eu/ [evidenceproject.eu]).
Xavier holds a Diploma in English Law from the University of Kent, a LLB in European Law obtained with honors, a LLM in Human Rights and Civil Liberties, a PhD in Public Law obtained with the highest academic distinction and a professional Certification for Data Protection Officers and other data protection professionals. Xavier is a member of the Professional Board of the Computer Law & Security Review and of the Editorial Advisory Board on Computer Science of Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
His publications in both English and French include chapters of books and legal articles on international criminal appeal proceedings, respect for privacy and protection of personal data. His articles on EU law and litigation in English have been published in the Computer Law & Security Review, the Common Market Law Review, the European Data Protection Law Review, Privacy Laws & Business – International Report, European Public Law and The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process. Xavier has a particular interest in the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU, fundamental rights, mass surveillance, data retention, law enforcement and legal risk management.
