The first Congress of Criminal Law and Criminology, organized by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in cooperation with the Faculty of Law UL, took place today in the Golden Lecture Hall of the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. The event, which represents one of the most important efforts to connect theory and practice, brought together for the first time researchers with representatives of courts, prosecutors’ offices, police, ministries, services involved in the enforcement of criminal sanctions and the legal profession.
“The cooperation between science, justice and practice is very successful, which is why we want to further strengthen it, to which events such as today’s will also make an important contribution,” concluded Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik in his opening speech.
The participants of the congress raised numerous topical issues in the discussions, thus confirming the need for continuous cooperation between academia and practise, which paves the way for well thought-out changes in criminal justice policy.
In the first panel, the speakers dealt with the treatment of foreigners and criminal prosecution under 308. of the Criminal Code (KZ-1) from the perspective of case law, the penal system, pardons and human trafficking. In addition to the research contributions, Zoran Remic, Director of the Prison Service in Dob, also presented his practical experience.
The second panel was dedicated to the topic of gender-specific violence, with a particular focus on the discussion of violence against women in the modern, digital space and also in a historical context. The third panel took the form of a round table dedicated to the Proposal for the Act on the Treatment of Minors in Criminal Offences, with the participation of Prof. Dr. Katja Filipčič (Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana), Dr. Mateja Hudoklin (The Counselling Centre for Children, Adolescents and Parents Ljubljana), Mirjam Kline (Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office Of The Republic Of Slovenia), Deja Kozjek (Ljubljana Higher Court) and Janja Plevnik (Ministry of Justice).
