Penal Enforcement Law in Transition: Human Rights, Rehabilitation, and Social Responsibility

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

Day 1: May 27, 2025

09:15 Welcome
Prof. Anders Løvlie, University of Oslo

09:30 Legal Challenges in Norway
Ass. Prof. Henriette Tøssebro, University of Bergen

10:00 Legal Challenges in India
Prof. Shanty, NALSAR University of Law

10:30 Break

10:45 Searching for Rehabilitation in All the Wrong Places: Understanding (Allegedly) Exceptional Penal Systems
Prof. Thomas Ugelvik, University of Oslo

11:30 Crime Prevention and Risk Management
Prof. Rita Haverkamp, University of Tübingen

12:15 Lunch

13:15 Human Rights Aspects of the Use of Coercive Measures in Prisons *
Senior Advisor Thomas Berge, Norwegian National Human Rights Institution (NIM)  *in Norwegian

13:45 Life Sentences: A Global Human Rights Perspective
Senior Researcher Catherine Appleton, NTNU/St. Olavs University Hospital Trondheim

14:30 Break

14:45 Silent Walls in Prison: Addressing Suicide in Prison
Lawyer Maria Hessen-Jacobsen

15:15 Italian and ECHR Principles for Criminal Justice Sanctions
Constitutional Judge, Prof. Francesco Viganò, Università Bocconi

16:00 End of the Academic Program for the Day

In collaboration with Dommerpodden, an interview with convicted individuals will be held at 6:00 PM, followed by a panel debate at 7:00 PM (both in Norwegian). After the debate, there will be an opportunity for mingling.

The Criminology Conference is hosting a panel discussion with Synøve Nygaard Andersen (in Norwegian) from 15:00–18:00, which is open to conference participants.

Day 2: May 28, 2025

09:15 "Purpose of punishment" as a condition for penal sanctions *
PhD Candidate at EX-PUN, Kelly Solem-Young  *in Norwegian

10:00 Electronic Monitoring (House Arrest with Ankle Bracelet) *
Public prosecutor Mads Baardseth, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions   *in Norwegian

10:30 Break

10:45 Conditions for Community Service Sentences *
Former Supreme Court Justice Hilde Indreberg   *in Norwegian

11:15 Developmental Prevention and Treatment of Offending: What the Evidence Tells Us
Prof. Friedrich Lösel, Cambridge Institute of Criminology & Institute of Psychology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Follow-up of Sexual Offenders
Prof. Raphaële Parizot, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

13:45 Break

14:00 Ethical Perspectives on the Execution of Sentences *
Prof. Geir Heivoll, Norwegian Police University College/Prof. II, University of Oslo     *in Norwegian

14:45 Concluding Remarks
Prof. Daniel Richman, Columbia Law School

15:00 Conference Ends



We will facilitate AI-generated translation services for translating the Norwegian presentations into English.
 

EARLY BIRD registration by March 20, 2025:
Lawyers: 2950 NOK
Others: 450 NOK 

Registration after March 20, 2025:
Lawyers: 3950 NOK
Others: 650 NOK

Registration deadline: Tuesday, May 20, 2025.


The seminar is also offered as a webinar with a registration deadline of May 23:
Lawyers: 2950 NOK
Others: 450 NOK

Registration is completed by payment via this link.

Limited seats available.