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International conference “Trends and Challenges in European and National Criminal Policy”

Date and time:17 April 2026,

09:00 a.m. — 4:30 p.m.

Place:Gedimino ave. 30, Vilnius (Conference Hall of the Ministry of Justice))
Language:Lithuanian and English

On April 17, 2026, scholars from the Faculties of Law of three Lithuanian universities, the Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LSMC), and researchers from foreign countries invite you to the annual conference on criminal policy. During the event, current issues of criminal policy and its contemporary trends in the European Union and Lithuania will be presented.

Researchers conducting legal and interdisciplinary studies, practitioners of criminal justice and related fields, as well as students of law and criminology study programs, are warmly invited to participate in the event.

Conference venue – Ministry of Justice, Gedimino Ave. 30, Vilnius (Conference Hall, 4th floor).

Conference languages: English (1st session) and Lithuanian (2nd–3rd sessions).

Please register by 2026-04-10. Registered participants will have the opportunity to receive certificates of participation.

For more information, please contact: akvile.tamulyte@teise.org

Conference Organizing Committee:

  • Dr. Skirmantas Bikelis (Chair), Law Institute of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (email: skirmantas.bikelis@teise.org);
  • Prof. Dr. Edita Gruodytė, Faculty of Law, Vytautas Magnus University;
  • Prof. Dr. Jolanta Zajančkauskienė, Law School, Mykolas Romeris University;
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ilona Michailovič, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.