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Network activities in 2021

The Network for the abolition of the death penalty and cruel punishment prepared a program of 5 seminars for the year 2021, directed by Luis Arroyo Zapatero and Cristina Rodríguez Yagüe, and coordinated by Beatriz García-Moreno, which addressed the main thematic axes of the net.

On March 9, this series began with the seminar Towards a general theory of cruelty, which featured the participation of Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Carlos Vizuete, Mercdes Alonso Álamo, Juan Bordes, Rosario de Vicente and Sofía Moro. The programming continued with a session held on April 8 on cruelty in constitutions and international conventions with presentations by Elena Maculán, Ana Manero, Alicia Gil, Laura Pozuelo, Juan Antonio Lascuraín, Julieta Morales, Beatriz López Lorca and Marina Mínguez .

After the summer, seminars were held on extrajudicial executions (September 15), very long sentences and judicial errors (October 6 and 7) and alternatives to the death penalty (November 22 and 23). The complete program can be consulted On February 17 and 18, 2022, the congress on the death penalty and cruel punishment aimed at young researchers will take place in Cádiz. Registration for the congress will be free and will allow both face-to-face and online participation. María Acale, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of Cádiz, will assume the direction of the congress, which will also have a scientific committee made up of Luis Arroyo Zapatero, Ignacio Berdugo, Lucía Martínez Garay, Mercedes Pérez Manzano, Alicia Gil, María Acale, José Luis de la Cuesta, Juan Terradillos, Anabela Miranda, Luigi Foffani, Juan Antonio Lascurain.

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