Events

2023

• 13 November
  Roundtable: Law And Performance
• 28 April
  Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU: Theoretical, Interdisciplinary, and Practical Perspectives with the (B)OrderS: Centre for the Legal Study of Borders and Migration

2022

• 23 November
  China’s Foreign Exchange Regulations and Illegality in Private International Law
• 13-14 October
  Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts, and Alternative Payments: Regulating the “Wild West
• 5 April
  The Victim’s Role in holding the State Accountable: Comparative Perspectives
• 17 January
  Symposium on the normative foundations of European criminal law

2021

• 9-10 December
  The European Arrest Warrant at Twenty - Annual ECLAN Conference
• 19 and 26 November
  International Dialogue on Criminal Law
• 8 November
  2021 Transatlantic Cultural Property Crime Symposium - Combatting Cultural Property Crime: Innovations on the Intersection of Law and Cultural Property Crime
• 22 October
  Intertwining Criminal Justice and Immigration Control in the EU: Theoretical, Interdisciplinary, and Practical Perspectives (hybrid)
• 6 October
  Book Symposium: Metaphors of Confinement: The Prison in Fact, Fiction and Fantasy
• 16 June
  Annual Lecture of the LLM in Immigration Law - Trafficking in Persons, Rights and Punishment: Examining the Nexus with Counter-Terrorism
• 25 March
  Rule of Law and the European Arrest Warrant
• 5 March
  Book Launch: Time, Temporality and Legal Judgment
• 24 February
  Race as a Sentencing Factor
• 5 February
  A Revolution in the EU regarding National Security? The Court of Justice cases of C-623/17 PI and C-511/18 QdN 6 October 2020 [PDF 529KB]

2020

• 14 October
  CEPS Task Force on cross-border data access in the fight against crime launch
• 8 October
  Annual Lecture 2019/20 with Sir Rob Wainwright: Europol and the Impact of Brexit on European Union Police Cooperation
• 20 March
  Book Launch - The Court of Justice and European Criminal Law Leading Cases in a Contextual Analysis - cancelled

2019

• 17 May 2019
  The Challenges of Criminal Money: Targeting Unexplained Wealth
• 10 December 2019
  
  
  

2018

• 27 November 2018
  Criminal Justice Centre Annual Lecture 2018 with Professor David Ormerod QC
• 20 September
• 28-29 June
  2018 Transatlantic Cultural Property Crime Symposium: 'Combatting Cultural Property Crime: New Directions and Multidisciplinary Collaboration' 
• 17-18 May
  The Annual Conference of the European Criminal Law Academic Network (ECLAN)
• 26 January
  CJC and Max Plank Institute Conference
• 22 January
  Roundtable on The Taricco Saga and its Impact on National and EU Criminal Law

2017

• 15 December
  Joint Seminar Session Criminal Justice Centre at the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London and Centre international de criminologie comparée and École de criminologie, Université de Montréal
• 14 December
  QMUL Reflection Group on Terrorism and Human Rights - The Great Data Extortion Exercise: investigating the Trump Travel Bans
• 7 December
  Annual Lecture of the Criminal Justice Centre with Professor Juliet Stumpf
• 26-27 October
  Criminal Justice and Accountability in Africa – National and Regional Developments Conference
• 26 October
  DELF Educational Event - The CJEU and the Goldilocks Squeeze
• 13-14 October
  Fifth Annual Renmin – Queen Mary Criminal Justice Conference held in China
• 3 September
  Third Art, Crime and Criminals: Painting Fresh Pictures of Art Theft, Fraud and Plunder Workshop
• 30 June
  The Impact of European Union Law on National Criminal Law [PDF 480KB]
• 25 May
  Brexit and Criminal Justice Co-operation
• 4-5 May
  Workshop on: When the Exception becomes the rule: European Union Societies on the move [PDF 250KB]
• 31 March
  European Criminal Law in the Global Context: Values, Principles and Policies
• 24 February
  Annual Lecture of the Criminal Justice Centre
• 1 February
  Criminal Justice and Surveillance Technologies Seminar by Duncan Campbell: ‘Tinkerbell to Tempora’
• 25 January
  Criminal Justice and Surveillance Technologies Seminar by Graham Smith: ‘The question of content versus communications data’
• 18 January
  Criminal Justice and Surveillance Technologies Seminar by Bernard Keenan and Katherine Maher
• 16 January
• Second Art, Crime and Criminals: Painting Fresh Pictures of Art Theft, Fraud and Plunder Workshop

2016

• 7-8 December
  Illicit Networks Workshop
• 5-6 December
  CJC Conference: Policing Flows Workshop
• 1-2 December
  Fourth Queen Mary – Renmin Criminal Justice Conference: Transnational Crime
• 28-29 November
  Fourth Seminar of the Queen Mary Reflection Group on Terrorism and Human Rights - Surveillance, Oversight, and Human Rights in Counter Terrorism
• 14-15 July
  Cities of Welcome, Cities of Transit Conference
• 24 June
  Back-to-back events: 
  • After the Referendum: The United Kingdom and European Criminal Law, 12 - 2pm
  • Roundtable: Asset Recovery, Confiscation and Human Rights, 2 - 5pm
• 21 June
  First Art, Crime and Criminals: Painting Fresh Pictures of Art Theft, Fraud and Plunder Workshop
• 16-17 June
  Third Seminar of the Queen Mary Reflection Group on Terrorism and Human Rights - (Counter)Terrorism, Human Rights and Discrimination/Racism: A European challenge [PDF 235KB]
• 9 June
  The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas - EU Criminal Law after Lisbon: Rights, Trust and the Transformation of Justice in Europe
• 25-26 April
  Criminal Justice Centre co-organises the 10th Anniversary Conference of the European Criminal Law Academic Network
• 23 March
  Joint Criminal Justice Centre/Work In Progress seminar by Amber Marks: ‘The Fine Green Line: The Regulation of Cannabis Clubs and Cultivation in Spain’
  Discussant: Rudi Fortson QC, Visiting Professor, CJC
• 18 February
  Film Screening: 'Leave to Remain' with Q&A from director Bruce Goodison
• 17 February
  Banking on Mobility over a Generation: From Criminalisation to Administration of Migration Flows
• 15-16 February
  Refugee Week: Open Day Advice Sessions for Refugees
• 11 February
  New Book Forum: 'Allowing for Exceptions - A Theory of Defences and Defeasibility in Law' by Dr Luís Duarte d’Almeida
• 10 February
  CJC Seminar Series: 'Current Challenges in European Criminal Law' - Caroline Morgan, Representation of the European Commission in the UK
• 27 January
  CJC Seminar Series: 'Current Challenges in European Criminal Law' - Professor Stefano Manacorda
• 20 January
  CJC Seminar Series: 'Current Challenges in European Criminal Law' - Professor Emilio de Capitani and Professor Roberto Kostoris
• 15 January
  Queen Mary Reflection Group on Terrorism and Human Rights Seminar: Law and Politics

2015

• 11 December
  QMUL Criminal Justice Centre co-hosts 'Access to Electronic Data for Law Enforcement Purposes' Conference
• 4 November
  QMUL Criminal Justice Centre held its third Annual Criminal Justice Conference on Anti-Corruption with Renmin University of China
• 30-31 October
  QMUL Criminal Justice Centre has joined the UN Anti-Corruption Academic Initiative
• 22 October
  EFFACE project workshop: Enhancing the EU’s efforts to combat environmental crime – the path ahead
• 6 October
  Dr Saskia Hufnagel speaks at Women in Law Enforcement Conference in India
• 18 September Taming the Markets: Regulatory and Criminal Justice Responses to Misconduct in Financial Services
• 19 May
  A one-day workshop on 'Organised Crime in the UK: New Challenges?'
• 14 May
  CJC Workshop: ‘Art Crime: Sketching Boundaries and Mapping Prevalence'
• 7 May
  CJC Annual Lecture: Rashida Manjoo
• 21 April
  CJC Workshop: 'The Future of the UK in Europe's Area of Criminal Justice'
• 10 April
  Kobe and QMUL Symposium on International Law 'Diversity of Transnational Criminal Justice'
• 18 March
  Looking Forward, Looking Back: Towards the ‘Next Generation’ of Tasers
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• 12 March
• 11 March
  Meeting of the (Revived) Criminal Justice Society
• 5 March
  CJC Seminar: 'Security, Intelligence, Surveillance, Compliance - Contemporary Perspectives'
• 11 February
  CJC Seminar: 'Transnational Order and Jurisprudence of Rights - Privacy at the US Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights'

2014

• 17-18 October
  Second Annual CJC-Renmin University Joint Conference: Legal Responses to Financial Crime
  Read Eurojust's report of the Financial crime event on eurojust.europa.eu
• 8 September
  The Moment of Truth? Police and Judicial Co-operation in the EU
• 16 June
  CJC Seminar: 'The Exclusion of Illegally Obtained Evidence'
• 9 June
  CJC Seminar: 'The Law and Cannabis Associations in Spain'
• 8-9 May
  Fourth ECLAN PhD Seminar on the EU Area of Criminal Justice
• 1 May
  Regulating New Psychoactive Substances: Science, Law and Policy
• 12 March
  CJC Seminar: 'EU Counter-terrorist Finance: The Challenge for Reform' by Cian Murphy
• 4 February
  Law and Society Annual Lecture: Vera Baird QC, 'Police and Crime Commissioners, Making a Difference'
• 30 January

2013

• 25-26 October
  Renmin University and Queen Mary University of London Joint Conference: Policy and Criminal Justice: How to meet the challenges of organized crime in the context of globalization, Beijing
• 17 September
  Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences
• 10 May
  Comparative Criminal Procedures: The Case of Terrorism Investigations and Prosecutions
• 13 March
  2013 Law and Society Lecture - MEG 94 'The Case for the Prosecution: independence and the public interest' by The Rt Hon Dominic Grieve QC MP
• 22 February
  CJC / UKAEL: EU Criminal Law - Current Issues
• 31 January
  The UK's 2014 Opt-Out - What future for the UK within EU police and criminal justice co-operation? co-hosted by The European Movement and Queen Mary's Criminal Justice Centre.
• 9 January
  Criminal Justice Centre Seminar: Manolis Melissaris "From legal pluralism to public justification"

2012

• 28 November
  Criminal Justice Centre Seminar: Wayne Morrison, “Towards a Dismal Science of the World”
• 21 November
  Criminal Justice Centre Seminar: Morten Kinander, Norwegian Business School,  "Retributive Theories and Justifications of Punishment: Reflections in the Aftermath of the Breivik case”
• 26-28 June
  The W G Hart Legal Workshop 2012: Globalisation, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice
• 2 April
  Criminal Justice Centre Lecture: Eurojust Challenges in Cross-Border Judicial Co-operation
• 28 March
  Criminal Justice Centre Seminar: Amber Marks, Queen Mary, University of London, 'The Fault Lines in Forensic Science: A case-study'
• 15 February
  Criminal Justice Centre Seminar: Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary, University of London, 'Security, Migration and Law: Examining the UK and EU nexus'
• 18 January
  Criminal Justice Centre Seminar: , Queen Mary, University of London, 'The Limits of Mutual Trust: Applying the Principle of Mutual Recognition to Criminal Law and Justice in Europe'

2011

• 7 December
  Listen to the Podcast and view report from first meeting of the Bayes and Law network
  Where next for Bayes? Can we agree on the role of Bayesian reasoning in Criminal Justice?
• 23 November
  Listen to the podcast: The Extradition Review Team Debate - "The Future for UK Extradition"
• 9 June
  Listen to the podcast: Criminal Justice Centre Conference: The Future of Expert Evidence
• 14 March
  Criminal Justice Centre Lecture Series: 'Data Protection in Europe’s Area of Security and Justice'

2010

• 11 May
  Professor David Ormerod's Inaugural Lecture "Call my accuser before my face and I have done." Absent and anonymous witnesses in the criminal trial.
• 25 January
  The Criminal Justice Centre conference - Hate speech bans: critical perspectives
  In recent years criminal law on 'hate speech' in England & Wales has undergone significant changes: new legislation on incitement to religious hatred and, most recently, homophobic hatred has been adopted. This conference seeks to discuss those new developments. The event is chaired by Professor Peter Alldridge.
  Speakers include: Professor Eric Heinze (Professor of Law and Humanities, Queen Mary), Maleiha Malik (Reader in Law, King’s College), Perry Keller (Senior Lecturer in Law, King’s College), and Marloes van Noorloos (PhD candidate, Utrecht University).

2009

• 6 November
  Queen Mary Centre for Criminal Justice and Centre for Law and Medical Ethics present a half-day conference: Purdy and the DPP’s guidelines
• 7 October
  The Criminal Justice Centre: Symposium on Neoliberal Penality
  LOÏC WACQUANT (University of California-Berkeley & Centre de sociologie européenne-Paris) will be discussing his latest books, 'Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity' and 'Prisons of Poverty' with STANLEY COHEN (London School of Economics and Political Science) LORAINE GELSTHORPE (University of Cambridge) MARTIN JONES (University of Wales, Aberystwyth) NICOLA LACEY (London School of Economics and Political Science) DAVID NELKEN (Universities of Cardiff and Macerata) TIM NEWBURN (London School of Economics and Political Science) and RICHARD SPARKS (University of Edinburgh)

2008

• 1 May
  The Criminal Justice Centre's Inaugural Conference “For Safety’s Sake” examined recent practices and trends in the Court of Appeal’s practices. It coincided with the 100th Anniversary of the first Court of Appeal hearing.  All aspects of the approach were examined by the distinguished speakers: Patrick O’Connor, Professor Peter Duff, Professors David Schiff and Richard Nobles, Professor Graham Zellick and Lord Justice Hughes.