Terms of Purchase for the Seminar "Penal Enforcement Law in Transition: Human Rights, Rehabilitation, and Social Responsibility""

Terms of Purchase

1. Seminar Description

Target Audience: The seminar is designed for lawyers, judges, researchers, professionals in correctional services, law enforcement, and public administration, as well as other practitioners and academics working in criminal law, corrections, and related legal fields.

Academic Level: This seminar is conducted at an advanced academic level and assumes a basic understanding of criminal law and corrections. It is particularly relevant for those seeking up-to-date insights into national and European legal developments, as well as international perspectives on punishment and rehabilitation.

Learning Objectives:
- Understand key developments in European and international criminal law
- Gain insight into alternative sanctions, rehabilitation, and crime prevention
- Examine human rights challenges related to correctional services and the use of coercive measures
- Identify risk management principles and ethical issues in criminal enforcement
- Develop an interdisciplinary understanding of how criminal law and penal policy are shaped by national and international frameworks

Time Allocation by Subject Area:
- Criminal law topics (approx. 40%): Purpose of punishment, alternative sanctions, life sentences
- Corrections and rehabilitation (approx. 30%): Electronic monitoring, community service, suicide prevention in prisons
- Human rights and ethics (approx. 20%): Use of coercive measures, legal standards in Europe
- Crime prevention and risk management (approx. 10%): Preventive measures and evidence-based strategies

The seminar includes lectures from leading experts and provides an up-to-date, practice-oriented understanding of key issues in modern criminal law and corrections.
 

2. Execution

Registration is binding. In case of cancellation, the following applies (even if the course has a waiting list):

• Cancellation before March 21: 100% refund
• Cancellation between March 21 and May 5: 50% refund
• Cancellation after May 5: No refund

The spot may be transferred to another participant. No refunds will be given for illness, quarantine, or similar circumstances.

A participant list and program will be sent via email.

We reserve the right to make changes to the program and to cancel the seminar if there are too few participants or if the seminar cannot be conducted due to significant uncertainty caused by circumstances beyond the organizer's reasonable control. This also applies if the number of cancellations results in the course falling below the minimum required number of participants.

Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation expenses.

If spaces remain available, additional registrations will be accepted after the deadline.

3. Course Documentation

The course documentation is provided electronically. It is protected under the Copyright Act and the Marketing Act. All rights to the course documentation belong to the organizer.

In accordance with applicable legislation, it is prohibited to copy, display, distribute, or otherwise share the course documentation with others.

Registration and payment of the course fee do not grant permission to use the course documentation for any purpose other than the participant’s personal use.

The course materials will be sent via email afterward.
 

4. Privacy Policy

The personal data collected is necessary for administering the event. This includes the right to share relevant information with third parties for sending course evaluations, invoices, and bookkeeping to fulfill the agreement for course participation.

Personal data is also used for market research and analysis. Information about course participation and other training will be retained for seven years to document continuing education and competence.