A) Life Imprisonment (L.I) and EU LAW:- Is L.I. compatible with EU Law, involving inviolability of human dignity and prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment? - Is L.I. consistent with the respect of human dignity that is, according to the Court of Luxemburg, a general principle of EU law? - Can L.I. be defined a proportionate penalty as provided for by Art. 49 of the Charter of EU Fundamental Rights?In accordance to Art. 5 of European Arrest Warrant, does the EU law consider L.I. to be overcome?B) L.I. and INTERNATIONAL LAW: The EU is committed to advance universal support to Statute of the International Criminal Court, whose Art. 77 provides 30 years as maximum penalty (L.I. only for genocide, admitting, under Art. 110, sentence review after 25 years).B1) L.I. and COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Once the EU accedes the ECHR, how should L.I. case laws of the Strasbourg Court be considered? These case laws are based on Art. 3 of ECHR identical to Art. 4 of the Charter of EU Fundamental Rights.B2) L.I. and COMMON CONSTITUTIONAL TRADITIONS: Are there any European common constitutional traditions in the field of L.I.? Which offenses is it expected for? Is it mandatory or discretionary? How many lifers? How is release on parole governed? And pardon?C) L.I. and EUROPEAN BEST PRACTICES:Portugal was the first country in the world to abolish L.I., which does not even exist in Cyprus, Croatia and 2 candidate states (Serbia, Montenegro). In Iceland (another candidate) L.I. exists but has never been sentenced. The max penalty in Norway is 21 years. Is there, in Europe, a general trend to reconsider L.I.?D) L.I. and EUROPEAN CRIMINAL LAW: After the Lisbon Treaty, what space will L.I. in the European criminal law debate find?E) L.I. and MEDICAL STUDIES: The most recent medical studies have shown that our system of neurons renews itself thanks to stem cells. Do these discoveries not prove that L.I., as indeterminate penalty, is also a non-scientific penalty?