XIV AIDP Symposium for Young Penalists

Welcome by André Klip (Vice-President of the AIDP) and Michiel Luchtman (Utrecht University)

Keynote speech by Katalin Ligeti (President of the AIDP)

A Value-based Approach to the Future of EU Criminal Justice

• Laurie Ritzen, Maastricht University, Autonomy under pressure: Responsibility in the age of cryptocrimes.

• Martina Gandolfi, University of Milano Statale, Addressing the ‘Gender’  in Cyberviolence and the ‘Cyber’ in Gender-Based Violence within Criminal Law Frameworks: A Call for Synergistic and Multidimensional Solutions in European States.

• Aleyna Koçak, Universität Konstanz, “Social bots” and their role in public opinion forming – Need for criminal law?

• Janine Blocher, Universität Konstanz, Data as an object of crime: Rethinking Criminal Law in the Digital Era.

• Andrea Secco, University of Trento, Between “Sacred Cows” and  Emerging Legal Interests: the Symbolic and Integrative Function of European  Criminal Law.

• Christoph Simon Thun Hohenstein Welsperg, University of Milan, Are the EU’s Punitive Powers a Sacred Cow? The  Multilevel Sanctioning System Between the Strive for Effectiveness and the  Need to Respect the Core Values of Criminal Law.

• Giorgio Ardizzone, Unitelma Sapienza, The current scope of the matière pénale.

• Femke Joosten, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, The preventive approach of  money laundering and the revival of the ‘Engel’ jurisprudence: Case study of  the newly established European Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA).

• Lorenzo Bernardini, University of Luxembourg, Habeas Corpus in an Age of Transitions –  How the Erosion of Extrema Ratio Undermines the Foundations of Personal Liberty.

• Fernando Henrique Silva Cavalcante, The Mcdonaldization of Due Process: How Crimmigration and Penal Populism are Threatening the Presumption of Innocence in the Age of Transitions.

• Juliane Schwarz-Ladach, University of Rostock, Law and Emotions and Criminal Law.

• Alexandrah Bakker, Maastricht University, Immune, Naïve, or Resistant to Change? How the Dutch criminal landscape calls into question what we thought we knew about corruption, domestically and abroad.

• Nicole Visco Comandini, University of Luxembourg, Corruption Shall Not Pay, But at What Cost? The Criminalisation of Illicit Enrichment under the New EU  Anti-Corruption Package.

• Katarzyna Jakubczak-Fopke, University of Gdansk, Chemical and Surgical Castration of Sex Offenders –  Therapeutic Measure or Dehumanizing Torture? Legal and Human Rights Standards for the Use of Compulsory Medical Intervention.

PANEL 4: The relationship between levels of governance in criminal justice (TP Zaal)
Chair: Aart de Vries (Utrecht University)

• Flora Jung, University of Luxembourg, From Prosecutors to  Gatekeepers, Reimagining Criminal Law Enforcement through Financial  Institutions for Environmental Crime Control.

• Dawid Marko, University of Gdańsk, Dancing in the Dark:  National Courts and the Direct Effect of Article 82(2) TFEU Directives.

• Charlotte Quaisser, University of Luxembourg, Voluntary Detection? Public-private Cooperation in  Online Content Moderation Under the New Proposed CSAR.

• Beatrice Fragasso, University of Milan, Towards  a Diffuse Judicial Review of Disproportionate Penalties? The Direct  Application of Article 49(3) of the EU Charter and its Implications for the  Separation of Powers.

• Filip Novaković, University of Zenica, From Ultima Ratio to Preventive Justice: Constitutional Challenges of the Expanding Preventive Function in Contemporary Criminal Law.

• Maria Beatriz Seabra Brito,  Portuguese Constitutional Court-NOVA School of Law, Laws Made to Punish Risk: A Case Against Excessive Punishment.

• Michele Giorgino & Filippo Santarelli, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Milan, Poena Naturalis, Penal Populism, and New Personalist Perspectives on Punishment.

• Mar Jiménez Company, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Judicial Lawmaking?       Case Law as a Source of Criminal Law in Civil Law System.

   

• Francesca Celenta, University of Naples Federico II-Ludwig Maximilian Universität Munich, Alternative Measures to Short-Term Imprisonment in Italy and  in Germany: a Comparative Perspective in the Age of Transition.

• Javier Escobar Veas, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, The right against  self-incrimination and brain-reading technologies: In favour of the “active  collaboration” approach and against the testimonial/real evidence divide.

• Lorenzo Farneti, University of Bologna, Tracing on the ledger:  blockchain forensics, criminal investigations and fundamental rights in EU-US  comparison.

• Maria Caponnetto, Luiss Guido Carli, Digital undercover operations in the age of  transitions: between investigative needs and the fundamental values of  criminal law.

• Kalina Romanowska, Digital Justice Center University of Wrocław, Decrypting Databases,  Balancing Rights: Encrypted Digital Evidence in Criminal Proceedings.

• Ivan Vidaković, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Rethinking Privilege       Against Self-incrimination in the Context of AI and New Technologies: European perspective.

• Tinica-Ionut Curt, University of Bucharest, Reconfiguring Culpability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Between Technological Autonomy and Human Responsibility.

• Paolo Belloni, Tilburg University, The Criminal Courtroom between Sacrality and Digitalization.

• Vincenzo Pio Pellegrino, LLM graduate in European Criminal Justice in a Global Context, Algorithmic Risk Assessment: Setting the Conditions for  a Legitimate Adoption.

• Marco Cecchi, University of Florence - eCampus University, Artificial Judgement. What kind of AI Assistance is  fair within criminal proceedings?

PANEL 12: International criminal law in the age of transitions (TP Zaal)
Chair: Rebecca Heemskerk (Maastricht University)

• Federica Gitto, University of Palermo, Challenging Traditional  Narratives of Victimhood: The Rise of Victim Agency in International Criminal  Justice. Lessons from the Inter-American Court and the ICC.

• Maia Czarny, London School of Economics  and Political Science, Universal Jurisdiction, Divergent Rules: How Much  Variation in Victim Participation Is Too Much?

• Kamil Sobański, Digital Justice Center University of Wrocław, Is There a Conflict Between Efficiency and Fairness?  Remote Testimony of a Witness and the Rights of the Accused at the  International Criminal Court.

• Katarzyna Goclik, University of Wroclaw, Transforming  Universal Jurisdiction: How Digital and Biometric Evidence Shapes  International Justice.

• Leslie Kassongo Tambu, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, When Platforms Facilitate  Atrocities: Rethinking the Human-Centred Nature of International Criminal Law  in the Age of Social Media.

Lunch

Keynote speech by John Vervaele (former President of the AIDP)

Environment and Sustainability in Criminal Justice Systems

PANEL 10: Corporate criminal responsibility for the environment (AB Zaal)
Chair: Nicholas Franssen (GIS/Ministry of Justice and Security)

• Anna Cláudia Menezes Lourega Belli - Claudia Voigt Pisconti Machado - Maria José Menezes Lourega  Belli, Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Extending International  Criminal Court Jurisdiction to Corporate Ecocide Crimes.

• Luca Franzetti, University of Milano-Bicocca, Criminal  Liability and Product Sustainability: Rethinking Corporate Accountability for  Environmental Harm.

• Nicky Touw, Vrije Universiteit van Amsterdam, Corporate  Reporting Obligations and Environmental Crimes: A Problematic Relationship?

PANEL 3: Discrimination and Gender in Criminal Justice (TP Zaal)
Chair: Mojan Samadi (Utrecht University)

• Sara Prandi, University of Turin, Human Dignity and Equality  as Sacred Values (or Sacred Cows?): Criminal Law Facing Discrimination.

• Constance Barrière, Jean Moulin University Lyon 3, The Challenges in Criminalizing gGender‑based Apartheid.

• Selena Vitti, University of Milano-Bicocca, Gender  as a Sacred Cow? The Politics of (Non)Definition in the Crimes Against  Humanity Convention.

Coffee break

PANEL 6: The influence of new technologies on criminal law I (AB Zaal)
Chair: Johan van Banning (Vreij University Amsterdam)

• Gülce Ecem UÇAR, Ankara University, Sacrificing the Sacred Cows  on the Altar of Artificial Intelligence: The Erosion of the Presumption of  Innocence and the Principle of Materiality.

• Giulia Cascone, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, The  Defendant’s Right to Understand the Proceedings Against Him Between “Weak Transparency” and AI Literacy Under the AI Act.

• Chiara Torrente, University of Genova, Open Questions on the Relationship Between Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Evidence.

• Shreya Shankar, Maples group, Managing Algorithmic Anxiety Among ‘Justice-seekers’ as Criminal Justice Systems Embrace AI-based  Solutions.

PANEL 11: Theoretical reflections on environment and sustainability in criminal justice (TP Zaal)
Chair: Daan van Uhm (Utrecht University)

• Matilde Bellingeri, University of Verona, Rethinking Criminal law in the Face of Food Security  and Climate Challenges.

• Emma Ludovica Breda, University of Milano Statale, Communicating Sustainability: Criminal Law Perspectives  on Consumer Protection Against Greenwashing.

• Sophie van Dongen, Radboud University, The  Protective Principle and Serious Environmental Harm: Toward a Modern  Interpretation of Vital and Fundamental’ State Interests in International  Criminal Law?

• Valeria Costa, Universität Innsbruck - Università degli Studi di Padova, The extension of EPPO’s competence to environmental  crimes in light of EU Directive 2024/1203: between the effectiveness of  environmental criminal protection in the Union and persisting concerns.