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Nov. 26, 2019, Events
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Olivier Beaud (Professeur de droit public à l'université Paris II, Panthéon-Assas) | Date, time: 11 December 2019, 6 p.m., c.t. | Venue: Haus zur Lieben Hand, Großer Saal, Löwenstr. 16, Freiburg/Germany.
Nov. 26, 2019, In the press
Tatjana Hörnle, professor of criminal law, discusses sexual offenses and immigration in an article for Focus Online (author: Göran Schattauer). Prof. Hörnle argues that current crime statistics should be taken seriously, but at the same time warns against their dramatization.
Nov. 15, 2019, People in the news
MPI-Researcher received an honorary doctorate from the East European University (EEU) in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Nov. 11, 2019, People in the news
Max Planck Law is a network of 11 Max Planck Institutes that engage in advanced legal research. The Inaugural Conference of Max Planck Law took place October, 21–23, 2019 in Berlin.
Nov. 7, 2019, Events
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Alec D. Walen (Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, Professor für Recht, Philosophie und Strafrechtspflege) | Date: 27 November 2019 | Venue: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg/Germany.
Nov. 5, 2019, In the press
It is well known that companies can be spied on. Research institutions, on the other hand, are often not aware of this problem. However, universities and research institutes must also be prepared against possible (hacker) attacks, Dr. Michael Kilchling and Susanne Knickmeier from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law told the "Stuttgarter Nachrichten".
Oct. 29, 2019, Events
NATO Research Workshop in Berlin, 29-30 November (closed workshop). Primary Organizer: Dr Gunda Woessner, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. Co-Directors: Dr Raymond Corrado, Simon Fraser University, and Dr Ariel Merari, Tel Aviv University.
Oct. 21, 2019, Events
The International Workshop on ‘Effectiveness and Proportionality – Modern Challenges in Security Law and Criminal Justice’ was successfully held in Freiburg/Germany on 17 and 18 October 2019. The workshop was co-organized by the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (Otto Hahn Research Programme) and the University of Bergen (Faculty of Law).
Oct. 4, 2019, In the press
Oct. 1, 2019, In the press
Sept. 20, 2019, Publications
eucrim is an online journal that offers a Europe-wide platform for European criminal law and invites both practitioners and academics to engage in discussion.
Sept. 11, 2019, In the press
Sept. 9, 2019, In the press
Aug. 23, 2019, People in the news
On Thursday, 22 Aug. 2019, he was an expert witness at a joint hearing of the Committee on Internal Affairs and the Committee on Social and Integration Policy.
Aug. 19, 2019, Events
Aug. 6, 2019, Events
Organizers: Max Planck Institute (Otto Hahn Research Programme) and University of Bergen (Faculty of Law) | Venue: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg/Germany.
Aug. 5, 2019, Events
The 7th International Conference on Evidence Law and Forensic Science (ICELFS) has been successfully held in Freiburg, Germany from July 31st to August 2rd. The meeting of the International Association of Evidence Science (IAES), that takes place every two years, was prepared with support from the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law (MPICC) and the China University o...
July 17, 2019, In the press
A film by Rita Knobel-Ulrich about the discrepancy between jurisdiction and sense of justice. Among the lawyers interviewed is Prof. Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Head of the Department of Criminology at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law.