Conference Program


 Friday, 19th May 2017

 

 

 

 9:00-  9:15

I.

Introduction

 

 

Prof. Dr. Sabine GLESS, University of Basel, Basel

 9:15-  10:30

II.

Panel 1 / The Search for Truth or Construction of Evidence? – Cultural Underpinnings of Criminal Investigations

 

 

Prof. Dr. Sarah SUMMERS, University of Zurich, Zurich

 

 

Prof. Dr. Weimin ZUO, Sichuan University Law School, Chengdu

 

 

Coffee Break

 11:00-  12:30

III.

Panel 2 / Exclusionary Rules, Prevention of Torture and Fair Trial Standards

 

 

Prof. Dr. Hock Lai HO, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore

 

 

Prof. Roger LENG, School of Law, University of Warwick, Coventry

 

 

Lunch Break

 13:30-  14:45

IV.

Panel 3 / Establishing Facts and Excluding Evidence in Criminal Trials – A Comparative Point of View

 

 

Prof. Dr. Thomas WEIGEND, University of Cologne, Cologne

 

 

Prof. Dr. Jenia TURNER, SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas

 14:45-  16:00

V.

Panel 4 / Establishing Facts and Excluding Evidence in Criminal Trials – A Narrative Point of View

 

 

Prof. Helena WHALEN-BRIDGE, NUS Singapore, Singapore tbc

 

 

Closing Remarks: Culture and Criminal Justice Reforms

 

 

Dr. Thomas RICHTER, University of Basel, Basel

 

 

Prof. Dr. Weimin ZUO, Sichuan University Law School, Chengdu

 

 

Coffee Break

 

 

End of Conference