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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. 18, 2019, People in the news
University of Freiburg honours Director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal 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.
July 17, 2019, Events
A delegation from Shanghai University of Political Science and Law visited the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law on 17 July 2019.
July 10, 2019, Events
A delegation from the China Law Society visited the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law on 9 July 2019.
July 9, 2019, People in the news
Professor Dr. Tatjana Hörnle takes up her new position on 1 June.
July 5, 2019, Events
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Fernando dalla Chiesa (Professor of Sociology of Organized Crime at the State University of Milan/Italy) | Date: 07/10/2019, 11 a.m. | Venue: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg.
July 5, 2019, Events
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Bernd Heinrich (Professor for Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Copyright Law at Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen) | Date: 07/12/2019, 11:00 – 12:00 | Venue: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg | author-meets-critic session, 12:00 – 13:00, discussant: Esther Earbin (PhD Candidate, International Max Planck Res...
June 29, 2019, Events
The 7th ICELFS will examine evidence law and forensic science from a comparative perspective.