International conference organized by the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology of the University of Groningen and the Groningen Centre for Law and Governance

Date	19 June 2014
Time	09:45 - 16.00 (registration begins at 09:15)
Location	Van Swinderen Huys, Oude Boteringestraat 19 - Groningen (The Netherlands)

Subject

Criminal liability as it pertains to joint participation in criminal offences has been extensively discussed throughout the last decade in The Netherlands. Various judgments from the Supreme Court have addressed this criminal concept and have expanded the interpretation of this legal construct. As a result, the legal relationship between the Dutch concepts of ‘joint perpetration’ (medeplegen) and ‘assistance to criminal offences’ (medeplichtigheid) has changed.

This conference focusses on this trend in the light of five decisions rendered by the Dutch Supreme Court on joint perpetration and assistance to criminal offences. These cases and their outcomes will be discussed against the background of the law on participation in crime in Dutch, French, German, Austrian and Italian criminal law.

As this conference explores the legal evolution of participation in crime in The Netherlands, as well as addresses the various legal approaches implemented in the surrounding aforementioned countries, it is of interest to legal scholars, members of the judiciary, legislators and other legal practitioners.

Speakers

Dr L.J.J. (Laura) Peters, postdoc research substantive criminal law at the University of Groningen (project coordinator)
Prof. C.I. (Caroline) Fournet, associate professor of criminal law and Rosalind Franklin Fellow at the University of Groningen (chair)
Prof. E. (Elies) van Sliedregt , professor of criminal law at VU University Amsterdam
Prof. H.D. (Hein) Wolswijk, professor of criminal law at the University of Groningen
Dr T.P. (Tony) Marguery, LLM, assistant professor of European law at the University of Utrecht
Dr A. (Attilio) Nisco, substantive criminal law fellow at the University of Bologna
Dr J. (Johanna) Rinceanu, LLM, head of the section Romania at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, lecturer at the University of Freiburg and criminal law attorney in Freiburg
Dr C. (Christoph) Zehetgruber, lecturer at the Chair of criminal law and procedure at the University of Bayreuth

Registration

You may register for this conference by filling out the registration form.

Admission to the conference is free of charge.

Everybody is invited to join for an informal conference dinner which will take place immediately after the drinks. The fee for the dinner will be 38,50 euros (two course buffet, coffee/tea and drinks included).

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