AIDP | Association Internationale De Droit Pénal

The Argentine Group of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) expresses its deep sorrow and grief over the death of Prof. Dr. David Baigún and offers its condolences to his family at this painful time.

Considering the length of AIDP’s 5-year working cycle and the impact on practice as well as attractiveness to a wider public and for funding opportunities, one overarching theme was identified that allows for four sub-topics and specific research questions: “Criminal Justice and Corporate Business”. The four sub-topics will be structured based on the traditional four-pronged approach:

• General part
• Special part
• Criminal procedure
• International criminal law and procedure

At the Board of Directors meeting this June, the Strategic Considerations of the AIDP tabled by President John Vervaele have been adopted.

A conference on Criminal Law and Business Affairs convened on 22-23 June 2015 at the Faculty of Law of the Moscow State University (MSU). The event was organized jointly by the Russian national group of the AIDP, the MSU Center for International and Comparative Criminal Law, and the University of Luxembourg with the support of the AIDP.

The proceedings of the XIXth International Congress of Penal Law on "Information Society and Penal Law", which was held in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, from 30 August to 7 September 2014, have just been published in the newest issue of the RIDP.

Our Vice-President Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni has been elected on June 16th as Judge to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, at the occasion of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) that was held in Washington. After serving 11 years as Judge in the Argentinian Supreme Court, he faces a new task in which he can combine his passions: human rights and public liberties. On behalf of the AIDP our congratulations and best wishes. 
John Vervaele
President of the AIDP

Ms. Christiane Taubira, Minister of Justice of the French Government, responded to the invitation by the International Association of Penal Law and attended the annual official dinner of the Association on the occasion of its Board of Directors’ meeting, which was held on June 12-13, 2015.

Abd El Azim Wazir was born in Beni-Sweif, a city from which his father was a Senator in the 1930s and this is how our friendship was established many years later. His father had served in the senate with my Grandfather who was its President and they were good friends and that is the first thing he mentioned to me when we first met in 1981. From that day on we became close friends and it was my pleasure and privilege to have worked with him at the AIDP and at ISISC, where he made many valuable contributions. 

 AIDP  is deeply saddened to announce that Professor Dr. Otto Triffterer passed away on 1 June 2015.
Professor Triffterer was very much involved in the AIDP activities, especially  related to the area of international crimes. He was also one of the driving forces in setting up the Young Penalist branch. 

He will always be fondly remembered. Our condolences go to his family, especially his wife Maria and his two sons, Tobias and Daniel.
Prof. dr. John A.E. Vervaele
President of the AIDP
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AIDP President Vervaele  will give a speech at the French Cour de Cassation on Wednesday June 10, 2015 on the application of the ne bis in idem  (double jeopardy) principles; see information and subscription form by clicking here.