June 12, 2019, Events
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May 29, 2019, Events
7th International Conference on Evidence Law and Forensic Science, 31 July – 2 August
The 7th ICELFS will examine evidence law and forensic science from a comparative perspective.
May 16, 2019, Events
Lecture "The decrease of youth crime in Sweden according to self-report studies"
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Robert Svensson (Department of Criminology, Malmö/Sweden) | Date: 05/28/2019, 11 a.m. | Venue: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg.
May 8, 2019, People in the news
Ralf Poscher appointed as new director at the MPI for Foreign and International Criminal Law
Legal scholar Ralf Poscher will take up his new position in a part-time capacity on 1 May and in a full-time capacity on 1 August. He will establish and head the new Public Security Law department. Following his appointment, the Institute will have three departments.
April 19, 2019, In the press
Wikileaks-Gründer Julian Assange – Eine neue Runde Auslieferungspoker
April 16, 2019, People in the news
Cooperation with Uzbekistan – Roundtable to support legal training
April 11, 2019, Events
Lecture "Selbstkontrolle und Alterskriminalität"
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Helmut Hirtenlehner, University of Linz/Austria | Date: 04/25/2019, 11 a.m. | Venue: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg.
April 2, 2019, Research news
Fear of crime in Germany: Initial results from the "German Victimization Survey 2017" published
March 29, 2019, Events
"Should Cloud Companies Become Internet Cops?"
Lecture by Dr. Tatiana Tropina, senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, during the CloudFest 2019 in Rust.
March 25, 2019, Events
"Gender and the Law - Why are there so few female law professors?"
March 18, 2019, Publications
Recent edition of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology’s Newsletter online
The Max Planck Partner Group (MPPG) for Balkan Criminology has published issue 3/2018 of its newsletter. Balkan Criminology News is published three times a year with a focus on the current activities of the MPPG and the institutions of the Balkan Criminology Network which represent all countries from South East Europe.
March 8, 2019, Research news
German child marriage law sparks criticism
Feb. 27, 2019, Publications
Issue 4/2018 of the online journal eucrim now available
Issue 4/2018 now available
Feb. 20, 2019, Events
Die Sanktionspraxis in der BRD
Lecture and panel discussion (in German) at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg on 12 March 2019
Feb. 6, 2019, People in the news
MPI researcher in Georgia as election observer for the country’s presidential elections