Between September 25th and 28th, the Siracusa International Institute is hosting the second “Training and capacity building of municipal officials in Libya“, a project implemented in the context of the international cooperation between the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI) and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS). Welcome remarks were given on Saturday 25th by Judge
On September 22nd, the EU Global AML/CFT Facility and The Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights will hold a Webinar on ‘’Strengthening Judicial Cooperation in the MENA Region: Judges and Prosecutors at the forefront of the Fight against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing’’. The event will take place from 13:00 to 16:00 (Amman
The EU Global Facility on Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (EU GF-AML/CFT) and the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights are pleased to announce their new partnership, which seeks to strengthen international judicial cooperation between judges and prosecutors. The collaboration will consist of a number of joint activities aimed at reinforcing judges
On September 2nd, 2021, Mr. Mark Ellis, Executive Director of the International Bar Association (IBA) has been elected President of the Board of Directors of the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) in succession to Elizabeth Howe at the ILAC’s Annual General Meeting. ILAC is a consortium of over 50 professional legal organizations and experts from all over
The 20th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law for Young Penalists on “Human Rights, Criminal Justice and International Law” was held online from July 5 until July 9, 2021. The course was organized in cooperation with the Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland (Galway, Ireland), the Middlesex University Department of Law (London,
The Siracusa International Institute’s 20th Specialization Course in International Criminal Law, on “Human Rights, Criminal Justice and International Law” – which is taking place on the Zoom Platform, opened on Monday July 5th in the presence of 117 participants from 47 countries across the world, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, China, France, Greece, Italy, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Republic
The President of the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Mr. Jean François Thony, signed a cooperation agreement with the President of the Naif Arab University of Security Studies (NAUSS), H.E. Dr. Abdulmajeed bin Abdullah Albanyan, on July 5, 2021 in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). In his speech, President Thony stressed that the
On Monday June 28th, the Siracusa International Institute will host an online webinar on “Illicit Flows in the Mediterranean: Vulnerabilities, Asymmetries and the Limits of Criminal Justice Responses” which will take place virtually on Zoom on Monday morning at 10:00-12:15 CET time. The webinar is organised within the project “Displacement and Convergence of Illicit Flows” (FLOWS), which
PhD candidates from universities around the world are invited to participate in the first annual doctoral seminar of the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights. The seminar is planned to take place over three days, 20, 21, 22 October 2021. The seminar will provide an opportunity to doctoral researchers for networking with
On May 6 and 7, 2021, Mr. Jean-François Thony, President of the Siracusa International Institute is participating in the online conference “Modernising EU justice system by boosting training of justice professionals”. The initiative is co-organized by the Portuguese Council Presidency and the European Commission. The conference is mainly aimed at gathering the main stakeholders involved
