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Autumn School: Law and Challenges of Digital (R)evolution

20 November 2025

Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Poljanski nasip 2, 1000 Ljubljana

How does the law respond to rapid technological development? What do artificial intelligence, justice and military technologies have in common? Who sets the boundaries of digital surveillance and how do we face new challenges in protecting the dark sky – a key natural resource for astronomical observations?

You are invited to the Autumn School “Law and the Challenges of Digital (R)evolution”, organized by the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, in cooperation with the Faculty of Law University of Ljubljana, the Institute of Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law and the Centre for IT, Law and Ethics (CITPE).

The program will cover topics: law and artificial intelligence, space and space debris, technology and ethics, and new forms of (in)visible surveillance.

The Autumn School will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2025, at the Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Poljanski nasip 2.

Program

Autumn School 2025 Programme.

PANEL 1: The challenges of regulatory sandboxes for artificial intelligence

Panel moderator is Assist. Prof Dr. Maša Kovič Dine. The panel will be held in Slovenian. Kristina

Lazarevič Padar: Regulatory sandboxes: what do they mean for regulators and companies?
Lucija Strojan: Legal certainty for innovators in the regulatory sandbox?
Lovro Bobnar: Governance Framework for the Establishment and Operation of Regulatory Sandboxes for Artificial Intelligence

PANEL 2: Star Wars: Space, Harm and Conflicts

Panel moderator is Iva Ramuš Cvetkovič.

The second panel sounds an alarm about the growing militarisation of outer space and its deepening impact on our life on Earth. As satellites, weapons, and surveillance systems exponentially multiply, space technology is accelerating existing crises—worsening environmental damage, widening inequality, and violating human rights, disproportionally targeting vulnerable and marginalised groups, such as civilians living in war zones or indigenous peoples within settler colonial contexts. What was once presented as a frontier of exploration is now progressively perceived as a battleground for dominance, where power, profit, and control dictate the future of the skies and on the ground. The panel warns that these developments will shape humanity’s destiny, and therefore addressing these harms is no longer optional—but is instead urgent, global, and essential for a just and sustainable future.

Prof. Dr. Jack Lampkin: Astro-Green Criminology, Dark Sky Protection and the Technology Paradox
Dr. Larissa Furtwengler and Selina Novak: When the Sky is not Safe, no Other Place can be Safe: A Case for a New Human Right
Dr. Giuliana Rotola: Space Colonialism: Expanding Terrestrial Harm

PANEL 3: Gender, Discrimination and Digital Violence

Panel moderator is Manja Skočir.

This panel explores how gendered power dynamics are transformed and intensified in digital environments, with a particular focus on the evolving forms of online violence against women. It brings together interdisciplinary perspectives, from feminist theory and algorithmic critique to criminal law and human rights practice, to examine both lived experiences and legal responses across different jurisdictions. The presentations will address how digital spaces reproduce or deepen sexism, how women navigate hostile online environments, and how European Union and Bosnian legal frameworks respond to digital violence as a pressing human rights issue.

Asst. Kristina Krajnc: Being a Feminist Online: Navigating Digital Violence
Assit. Prof. Dr. Tadej Praprotnik: Deep Automation of Binarism and Sexism: What Will Sociality Look Like in the Future
Sr. Asst. Ena Gotovuša, LL.D.: Digital Violence Against Women as a Human Rights Challenge: Experiences from the European Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sr. Asst. Kanita Pruščanović, LL.D.: Digital Violence Against Women from the Perspective of Criminal Legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

PANEL 4: AI, Military and Surveillance

Panel moderator is Prof. Dr. Aleš Završnik

This panel examines the complex relationship between artificial intelligence (AI), military applications, and surveillance systems in times of war. It discusses the economy of surveillance and the revolving door between industry and government in developing surveillance technologies. Special attention will be given to experimentation with AI-based surveillance tools in warfare and their broader implications.

The panel further analyses EU regulation of AI — exploring if and how it addresses risks of human rights abuses connected to AI surveillance and weapons. Finally, it also considers how these technologies are currently regulated, what remains unaddressed, and where future governance may be heading.

Dr. Lior Volinz, MSCA Postdoc: From Externalisation to Atrocity Crimes: The Israeli Security Doctrine and the Role of Pervasive Technologisation
Andraž Stariha, Legal Advisor: AI Surveillance in the EU AI Act: What Is There and What Is Missing?
Dr. Fabio Cristiano, Professor in Conflict Studies: The Genocidal Logistics of Speculative Violence: Spaciocide and Internet Connectivity in Gaza

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