University of Canberra
Faculty of Law
Preliminary Notice and Call for Papers
International Conference
Criminal Justice Cooperation: Comparing European, United States’, Asia-Pacific and Australian approaches
Hosted by the Law Faculty of the University of Canberra (UC) in association with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS)
The conference is further supported by the Law Council of Australia and the ANU Centre of European Studies.
Conference Aims
This conference will bring together a wide range of speakers drawn from experts in the fields of criminal justice and police cooperation from Europe, the United States, the Asia-Pacific Region and Australia. It will explore the national, regional and international challenges to criminal justice cooperation and aim at providing solutions through comparative perspective.
As criminal justice cooperation has become increasingly important in the 20th century with the growth of sophisticated organised crime, the advancements in technology and the mobility of offenders, new solutions need to be found to counter different and more sophisticated types of crime. At the same time the cooperation of the police, the military and aid organisations is required in particular in the Asia-Pacific Region and countries in the European neighbourhood which creates complex problems of cooperation between different actors and deploying and receiving countries. Justice cooperation still struggles with the differences in standards of procedural provisions all over the world. By approaching these issues from a comparative perspective this conference will give a deeper insight into the different national, regional and international systems and further the understanding of those systems which is crucial to promote cooperation between and within them. This approach of learning from other systems aims at the improvement of cooperation between national systems with a view to protecting human rights while maintaining high standards of security.
Date: 4th and 5th of October 2010
Venue: University of Canberra (tbc)
Keynote Speakers Include: (tbc)
Conference Themes
Abstracts are invited for papers exploring the broad spectrum of current, emerging or future trends in criminal justice cooperation. Papers will be drawn from theoretical, policy and practical perspectives.
The Organising Committee invites abstracts on the following topics inter alia:
- police cooperation across borders
- extradition
- mutual legal assistance
- impact of regional and international laws on police and criminal justice cooperation
- maintaining human rights in police and criminal justice cooperation
- police, military and aid cooperation
- impact of the war on terror on police and criminal justice cooperation
- fighting organised crime, drugs, people smuggling
- fighting new types of crime
- cooperation in the court room
- cooperation in preventive and rehabilitation programs
Who should attend?
- Academics
- Research Students
- Police and Law Enforcement Agencies
- Legal Practitioners
- Policy Makers
- Human Rights Agencies
Abstract Specifications:
If you are interested in presenting a paper, please send the following information to the organizer, Ms Saskia Hufnagel () by 1st June 2010:
- an abstract of up to 250 words
- your contact details:
* Name
* Institution
* Full Postal Address
* Email address
Please do not hesitate to get in touch should you have any questions. Please also feel free to forward this call for papers to anyone who might be interested in the conference.
Please note that the ARC Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security (CEPS) will be holding a Policing and Security Conference on 7th and 8th of October 2010 at the Australian National University in Canberra. We are promoting this conference together with the UC event. Speakers can apply for the CEPS Visiting Scholar Program to attend both conferences at http://www.ceps.edu.au/?q=visitorsadjuncts . For more information about the CEPS event and the CEPS visiting scholars scheme, please contact .
For more information please see our conference website at http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/law/crossing-borders-conference.
Best Regards,
Organising Committee
Prof Murray Raff (UC)
Prof Simon Bronitt (CEPS)
Ms Saskia Hufnagel (UC)
Mr Thomas John (Law Council of Australia)