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We cordially invite you to the international conference “Trends and Challenges in European and National Criminal Policy”, which will take place on Friday, April 4, 2025, at Vytautas Magnus University. Marking its fifth year, the international conference will seek to explore contemporary trends and issues in criminal policy, as reflected in European Union law and in the innovative criminal policy decisions adopted in Lithuania and other European countries.

During the conference, presentations will be delivered by representatives of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as by scholars and researchers from international and Lithuanian academic and research institutions. In addition to the main presentation sessions, the conference will also feature a variety of poster presentations organized by students and scholars from organising universities.

The conference is organized by the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences, the Faculty of Law at Vytautas Magnus University, the Law School at Mykolas Romeris University, and the Faculty of Law at Vilnius University.

Conference Date – April 4, 2025 (Friday), 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM.

Conference Venue – Small Hall, Vytautas Magnus University (S. Daukanto St. 28, Kaunas).

Event Programme. Conference languages: English (Session I) and Lithuanian (Sessions II–III).

Online Registration Form for Participants. Participants who register at the conference venue will have the opportunity to receive certificates of attendance.

For more information: tf@vdu.lt

Organizing committee of the conference:

• Chair of the Organizing Committee Prof. dr. Edita Gruodytė, Faculty of Law at Vytautas Magnus University.
• Prof. dr. Jolanta Zajančkauskienė, Law School at Mykolas Romeris University.
• Dr. Skirmantas Bikelis, Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.
• Doc. dr. Ilona Michailovič, Faculty of Law at Vilnius University.

Maloniai kviečiame į 2025 m. kovo 21 d. (penktadienį) Lietuvos Respublikos teisingumo ministerijoje vyksiančią konferenciją „Konfiskavimo perspektyvos Lietuvoje ir Europoje“. Renginyje bus pristatyti Lietuvos socialinių mokslų centro Teisės institute baigiamo įgyvendinti mokslinio projekto „Criminalization of Asset Legalization in the System of Criminal Profit Control Strategies“ (LEKOSTRA) metu atlikto tyrimo rezultatai.

Tyrėjų komanda, vadovaujama dr. Skirmanto Bikelio, projekto metu analizavo visas Europoje žinomas ir taikomas nusikalstamu būdu gauto turto konfiskavimo strategijas ir konkrečias priemones. Taip pat įvertino jų taikymo realijas efektyvumo ir darnos su teisės principais kontekste bei išryškino tokių strategijų ir konkrečių priemonių taikymo tendencijas Europoje. Galiausiai tyrimo autoriai pasiūlė Lietuvai skirtas nusikalstamu būdu gauto turto konfiskavimo strategines kryptis.

Atliktas tyrimas apėmė turto legalizavimą ir neteisėto praturtėjimo persekiojimą, išplėstinį ir civilinį turto konfiskavimą, taip pat turto, laikomo bešeimininkiu, paėmimą civiliniame procese bei savarankiškąjį baudžiamąjį konfiskavimą po baudžiamojo persekiojimo nutraukimo.

Conference Date – 2025 m. kovo 21 d. (penktadienis), 9:00–13:15.

Conference Venue – Teisingumo ministerija, Gedimino pr. 30, Vilnius (Konferencijų salė, IV aukštas).

The event programme.

Dalyvių registracijos forma internete. Prašome užsiregistruoti iki 2025-03-10.

Konferencija yra Lietuvos mokslo tarybos finansuojamo projekto „Criminalization of Asset Legalization in the System of Criminal Profit Control Strategies“ (LEKOSTRA), sutarties Nr. S-MIP-23-40, renginys.

Daugiau informacijos el. p. justinas.paliauka@teise.org and skirmantas.bikelis@teise.org.

The outcomes of the project have been made publicly available:

• Bikelis, S., Pranka, D., Dainauskaitė, G. (2025). Penal vs. Confiscation-Only Approaches in Money Laundering Control. Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 17(2), 188–206. https://doi.org/10.2478/bjlp-2024-00021.
• Bikelis, S. (2025). Confiscation Beyond the All-Crime Approach and the Proportionality Principle – A Case of the Lithuanian Illicit Enrichment Offence Concept. Laws, 14(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws14010001.
• S. Bikelis. The Fight Against Unjust Enrichment - Where are the Limits of the Principle of Proportionality? (article written in Lithuanian). 2 January 2025, „Teisė.Pro“ and „Infolex.lt“.

On the 22nd of October this year, an international conference “Artificial Intelligence and Technology in the Courts” will take place. The remote event will bring together speakers from 19 countries from four continents. Their and fellow researchers’ findings are being published in The Cambridge Handbook of AI and Technologies in Courts, due out in 2026 by Cambridge University Press. Researchers from Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences will present the results of their ongoing research “Artificial Intelligence in Courts: Challenges and Opportunities” (TeismAI).

Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies promise to increase efficiency and accuracy in judicial decision-making but what are the legal risks related to the application of AI tools in courts? With contributions from academics and professional experts on courts and AI, the conference will aim to provide an in-depth look at the social and legal aspects of the AI use in courts in different jurisdictions - Europe, North & South Americas, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

The conference will be organised remotely via the ZOOM platform in order to allow the widest possible participation of researchers, practitioners and attendees from around the world.

Conference Date – 22nd October 2024 (Tuesday).

Conference time – 9:30-17:00 (UTC+2/ CEST, Brussels time) / 10:30-18:00 (UTC+3, Lithuanian time).

Conference Venue – remote on Zoom platform.

Organisers of the conference: dr Monika Žalnieriūtė and dr Agnė Limantė (Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences).

Event Programme.

Registration form.

This international conference is part of the project “Artificial Intelligence in Courts: Challenges and Opportunities” (TeismAI), funded by the Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT), agreement No. S-MIP-23-73.

We kindly invite you to 2023. May 29 the upcoming international conference „Emerging law enforcement technologies and society“ that will take place in Vilnius. The Lithuanian Police, Trilateral Research, and the Centre for IT & IP Law – KUL from the EU Horizon 2020 project DARLENE, together with the project FACES-AI, implemented by the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences.

The conference will feature project presentations and discussions surrounding the societal impact of emerging law enforcement technologies (particularly the ones in the projects, i.e., cutting-edge AI-based augmented reality tools and facial recognition technologies) and how to reconcile the deployment of such technologies with properly addressing societal concerns. We expect to cover diverse perspectives among representatives of law enforcement agencies, the academic community, creators of IT applications, human rights and data protection organisations.

Date: 2023 May 29th (Monday).
Time: 9:00 – 16:15.
Conference venue: Police Department under the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania, Saltoniškių St. 19, 08105 Vilnius, Lithuania.

Pre-registration of participants.

Renginio programą rasite here.

More information by e-mail: evaldas.visockas@policija.lt, goda.dainauskaite@teise.org