Events
Upcoming events
Race, juries and wrongful conviction
8 May 2024, 6-8pm BST
The City Law School, Sebastian Street EC1V 0HB
"Do majority verdicts represent reasonable doubt?"
Join us as we open the black box of jury deliberations.
Speakers:
- Winston Trew - member of the Oval Four and former Black Power activist
- Andre Malkinson - 17 years wrongfully imprisoned
- Professor Allen-Bell - Researcher behind Ramos v Louisisana
Report and campaign launch hosted by Nisha Waller and Naima Sakande.
Global Freedom Scholars Network - Building Connections
23 May 2024, 11:30am - 4:30pm BST
City, University of London, Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB
A meeting of current and formerly incarcerated scholars to build connections, plan solutions and establish effective support strategies.
This event is the UK launch of the Global Freedom Scholars Network (established by Incarceration Nations Network). We aim to build strong connections across our network to create channels of support for people studying during or after prison.
Speakers:
- Dan Whyte - co-director of DWRM
- Ruth McFarlane - co-director of DWRM
- Baz Dreisinger - Incarceration Nations Network
- plus invited guest speakers, all formerly incarcerated scholars.
Hosted by Karen Graham and Gemma Birkett - City, University of London.
Note: We are prioritising places for those who have experience of studying before, during or after prison. We do have a limited number of places for those who have an interest in the topic, but no direct experience.
Past events
2024
Round-table on domestic homicides and suicides of Black and minoritised women
28 March 2024
City, University of London
Dr. Omar Phoenix Khan will present a paper titled 'Judges as Agents of Coloniality: Understanding the Coloniality of Justice at the pre-trial stage in Brazil.'
Roundtable
CJHR and Howard League Seminar Series: Selective Decarceration
January-March 2024
These seminars will continue to cover pressing criminal justice topics such as Remand, Recall and Imprisonment for Public Protection, and feature a range of talks from researchers, practitioners and campaigners working in these areas
The City Law SchoolPublic Lecture
2023
‘Stop Criminalising Survivors’ film launch
5th Dec 2023
A collaborative event between the Centre for Women's Justice and the CJHR. This event is to launch a new short film and accompanying resources to raise awareness about the unjust criminalisation of victims/survivors of domestic abuse and other forms of violence against women and girls, and to encourage action by policy makers and practitioners to achieve reforms in law and practice.
Meeting
CJHR and Howard League Meeting on IPP (Imprisonment for Public Protection)
17th October 2023
A small meeting to discuss IPP - one of the Howard League’s priority areas for their new strategy. The Howard League are working to find a resolution to the ongoing incarceration and recall of people serving the abolished IPP sentence.
Meeting
CJHR half-day PhD Symposium on criminal justice research methods
13th October 2023
A half-day PhD event featuring criminal justice research methods workshops, PhD presentations and feedback sessions, and a keynote talk from Dr Jennifer Fleetwood, Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Goldsmiths.
More about the event: Criminal Justice and Human Rights Methods Symposium
Public conference
Letters from Prison: Lifting a Lid on a System in Crisis
14th September 2023
Andrea Coomber KC, Executive Director of the Howard League.
This lecture will reflect on letters and insights from prison that capture the current crisis in the prison system.
This event is the first of the CJHR and Howard League Seminar Series: Selective Decarceration, which will continue throughout the 2023 Autumn term.
Public Lecture
Official Launch of the Criminal Justice and Human Rights (CJHR) Advisory Board and Friends
17th July 2023
An event to mark the launch of the CJHR Advisory Board and its future collective work.
The event will be attended by academics, practitioners, judges, members of parliament, and policy makers across the field of criminal justice
Meeting and reception
Expert Roundtable: Sentencing of women who kill their abuser and effectiveness of defence
10th July 2023
A co-organised event with the Centre for Women’s Justice and the Criminal Justice and Human Rights Centre at City
Roundtable
Howard League Commemorative Event for Martin Wright
12th July 2023
An event organised by the Howard League to celebrate the work and life of Martin Wright, Director of the Howard League in 1971-1972, and one of the early proponents of restorative justice
Public Lecture
Domestic Violence and Criminal Law Network (DVCLN)
3rd July 2023
Conference
An event bringing together leading UK academics working on domestic violence abuse (DVA) and criminal law
All day conference
Book Launch: Cyberbullying and Online Harms Preventions and Interventions from Community to Campus
31st May 2023 5-7.30pm
Dr Carrie-Anne Myers (City) and Professor Helen Cowie (Surrey)
More about the event: Book Launch: Cyberbullying and Online Harms
Book launch
Police Misconduct and Violence Against Women and Girls: Exploring Research and Practice
17th May 2023
A 1-day conference hosted by City University, the British Society of Criminology Policing Network, and the British Society of Criminology Women, Crime and Criminal Justice Network.
More about the event: Police Misconduct and Violence Against Women and Girls
Public conference
Current Issues in Sentencing Policy and Research
13th January 2023
All day Seminar
Criminal Justice in Crisis
14th March 2023
Opening of the Centre of Law and Criminal Justice Research – Address by Baroness Helena Kennedy KC
More about the event: Criminal Justice in Crisis
Public Lecture
Coercive Control and the Criminal Law
23rd March 2023
This event launches the book "Coercive Control and the Criminal Law" by Dr Cassandra Wiener", with an introduction by Professor Evan Stark. Followed by a screening of Walking on Eggshells - Coercive Control in the UK with an introduction by documentary directors Rosie Jarvis and Annie La Vespa, a talk by David Challen on Framing Coercive Control as a Criminal Offence, and an introduction to ‘Healing with Creative Expression’ by Antonia (Amja) Lee Wilmot.
Book launch
Investigating Gender-Based Crimes and Crimes Against Children Committed by ISIL – A field practitioner’s perspective
24th March 2023 (Postponed)
A field practitioner’s perspective followed by a Virtual Reality and immersive experience remembering the genocide.
More about the event: Investigating ISIL’s gender-based crimes and crimes against children
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