Filip Vojta

Doctoral Dissertation Project

Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia

Supervisor(s): Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Jörg Albrecht, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Albin Eser, M.C.J., Dr. Michael Kilchling

Research Interests and Goals

International Criminal Justice, Transitional Justice, ICTY, ICC, Balkans, International Sentencing Practice, International Imprisonment, Theories of Punishment, Penology, Sociology of Conflicts and Violence.

Scholarships and Awards

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)/Open Society Foundations (OSF) Doctoral Research Scholarship in 2012
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia – Scholarship for the Course Participation (“XXVIIIth Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice Course”; Dubrovnik, Croatia, May 2012)

Professional Membership

European Society of Criminology (Member)
European Society of Criminology Working Group on Balkan Criminology (Member)
European Society of Criminology Postgraduate and Early Stage Researchers Working Group – EPER (Vice Chair)

Publications

Vojta, Filip (2015), “Imprisonment in the Balkans: Some Remarks on the Punishment of Life and Long-Term Imprisonment in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia”, Balkan Criminology News: Newsletter of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology 1/2015, pp. 1-5.
Vojta, Filip (2015), “Implementing Punishment for Atrocities: Towards a New View on the Rehabilitation of Hostis Humani Generis”, in Moradi, Fazil, Six-Hohenbalken, Maria, Buchenhorst, Ralph (eds.), Surviving Genocide: On What Remains and the Possibility of Representation [Working Title], Berghahn, New York & Oxford (forthcoming).
Vojta, Filip & Carl, Sabine (2014), “ESC Working Group Reports: European Society of Criminology Postgraduate and Early Stage Researchers Working Group (EPER)”, Criminology in Europe: Newsletter of the European Society of Criminology Vol. 13/No. 3, pp. 13-15.
Vojta, Filip (2014), “Participation of the Balkan Criminology Network in the International Research Project ‘Life Imprisonment Worldwide’”, Balkan Criminology News: Newsletter of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology 2014/1, p. 1.
Vojta, Filip (2014), “Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia”, in Getoš, Anna-Maria et al. (eds.); Balkan Criminology Series Volume 1: Mapping the Criminological Landscape of the Balkans; Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 2014
Vojta, Filip (2014), “Some Observations on the Enforcement of International Sentences in the Case of the ICTY”, Justice Report (Special International Issue) Vol. 29/1, 32-33

Lectures (selection)

16.04.2015
Life and Long-Term Imprisonment in the Countries of the Former Yugoslavia
Presentation at “Life Imprisonment and Human Rights” workshop, organized by Prof. Dirk van Zyl Smit and Dr. Catherine Appleton from the University of Nottingham.

Location: International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL), Oñati, Spain
12.12.2014
Implementing Punishment for Atrocities: Towards a New View on the Rehabilitation of Hostis Humani Generis
Presentation at ‘Surviving Genocide: On What Remains and the Possibility of Representation’ International Conference

Location: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany
12.09.2014.
Sentencing and Transitional Justice: The Balkans Perspective
Presentation at the ESC Eurocrim 2014, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: “Criminology of Europe: Inspiration by Diversity”, within the panel of the European Criminology Group on Atrocity Crimes and Transitional Justice, held under the title: “International, Regional, National and Local Mechanisms of Transitional Justice: Conflict or Added Value?”

Location: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
12.09.2014.
Researching International Criminal Justice: Practical Aspects of Qualitative Approach
Presentation at the ESC Eurocrim 2014, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: “Criminology of Europe: Inspiration by Diversity”, within the panel of the ESC Postgraduate and Early Stage Researchers Working Group, held under the title: “Entering the Field of Criminological Research”

Location: Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
11.09.2014.
International Penology under Scrutiny: The Enforcement of the ICTY Sentences
Presentation at the ESC Eurocrim 2014, 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology: “Criminology of Europe: Inspiration by Diversity”, within the panel of the ESC Working Group on Balkan Criminology

Location: Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
01.09.2014.
Balkan Criminology: International Sentencing
Presentation at the “Balkan Criminology: One-Week International Intensive Course – Crime and Criminology in the Balkans”

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
30.08.2014.
Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia
Presentation at the 1st Annual Conference of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology, jointly organized by the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law & The Faculty of Law – University of Zagreb

Location: Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
01.07.2014.
Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia
Presentation at the International Max Planck Research School for Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment (IMPRS REMEP) “Summer University 2014”

Location: Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany
27.05.2014.
International Penology under Scrutiny: The Enforcement of the ICTY Sentences
Presentation at the “Fifth Criminology Summer Course: Security, Perceptions of Security and Security Research”, organized by the University of Pecs in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law

Location: University of Pecs, Faculty of Law, Pecs, Hungary
27.03.2014
International Penology under Scrutiny
Presentation at the 6th “Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies” International Spring Course, which was held under the title: “2014: A Year of Critical Issues and Challenges for International Criminal Justice”

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
06.09.2013
Punishment and Sentence Enforcement for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Former Yugoslavia
Presentation at the Eurocrim 2013; 13th Annual Conference of the ESC: “Beyond Punitiveness: Crime and Crime Control in Europe in a Comparative Perspective”

Location: ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University) Faculty of Law, Budapest, Hungary
29.08.2013
Balkan Criminology: International Sentencing
Presentation within the framework of the panel: “New developments in Croatian criminal legislation – joint research programs of MPI and Zagreb Faculty of Law – current research projects of the Croatian research team”

Location: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
14.09.2012
Enforcement of the ICTY Sentences
Presentation at the Eurocrim 2012; 12th Annual Conference of the ESC: “Criminology in the 21st Century: A Necessary Balance between Freedom and Security”

Location: Bizkaia Aretoa Venue, Bilbao, Spain
10.05.2012
Enforcement of the ICTY Sentences: Overview & Victimization Aspects
Presentation at the “XXVIIIth Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice” Course

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
26.03.2012
Punishment and Sentence Serving for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law: Enforcement of the ICTY-imposed Sentences
Presentation at the 4th Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies International Spring Course, which was held under the title: “Law and Politics of Transnational Justice: The Past, Present and Future of International Criminal Justice”

Location: Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Curriculum Vitae

12/2014	Participation at ‘Surviving Genocide: On What Remains and the Possibility of Representation’ international conference; held at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle (Saale), Germany
09/2014	Participation at the 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (Eurocrim 2014) as a lecturer within the panels of the ESC Working Group on Balkan Criminology (member), European Society of Criminology Postgraduate and Early Stage Researchers Working Group (EPER) (member) and European Criminology Group on Atrocity Crimes and Transitional Justice. The conference was held at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
08/2014– 09/2014	Participation at the 1st Annual Conference of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia, and as a lecturer in the “Balkan Criminology One-Week Intensive International Course”, held at the Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia
07/2014	Participation in International Criminal Law and Transitional Justice Colloquium: “Crimes against the Environment & Cultural Heritage: Reflections on the Role of Criminal Law & the Use of (International) Criminal and Environment Courts”, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
06/2014– 07/2014	IMPRS REMEP Summer University, Halle (Saale), Germany (Lecturer)
06/2014	Participation at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Open Society Foundations (OSF) Annual Conference in Saarbrücken, Germany (Lecturer)
05/2014	“Fifth Criminology Summer Course: Security, Perceptions of Security and Security Research”, organized by the University of Pecs in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Pecs, Hungary (Lecturer)
04/2014	Training in qualitative research methods, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
02/2014	Elected as a spokesperson for doctoral students at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
02/2014	IMPRS REMEP “Conference on Mediation”, Max Planck Institute for European Legal History, Frankfurt, Germany (Participant)
01/2014	Participation in the workshop “Regional Human Rights Institutions and Transitional Justice”, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
09/2013	Eurocrim 2013; 13th Annual Conference of the ESC: “Beyond Punitiveness: Crime and Crime Control in Europe in a Comparative Perspective”, Budapest, Hungary (Lecturer)
08/2013	Participation in the panel “New developments in Croatian criminal legislation – joint research programs of MPI and Zagreb Faculty of Law – current research projects of the Croatian research team” at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany (Lecturer)
07/2013	Professional training in qualitative and quantitative research methods at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale), Germany
05/2013– 06/2013	Participation at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Open Society Foundations (OSF) Annual Conference in Bonn/Bad Honnef, Germany (Lecturer)
02/2013 – present	Member of the Max Planck Partner Group for Balkan Criminology (Researcher) at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg i. Br., Germany
02/2013– 03/2013	IMPRS REMEP Winter University, Heppenheim, Germany (Lecturer/Participant)
11/2012– 01/2013	Professional training in criminal law, public international law, criminology and social anthropology through IMPRS REMEP seminars and workshops held at Max Planck Institute for Foreign and international Criminal Law (Freiburg i. Br., Germany), Max Planck Institute for Public Comparative Law and International Law (Heidelberg, Germany), Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle, Germany) and the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History (Frankfurt, Germany)
10/2012 – present	Doctoral Candidate at the International Max Planck Research School on Retaliation, Mediation and Punishment (IMPRS REMEP) at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg i.Br., Germany
09/2012	Eurocrim 2012; 12th Annual Conference of the ESC: “Criminology in the 21st Century: A Necessary Balance between Freedom and Security”, Bilbao, Spain (Lecturer)
06/2012– 09/2012	Four-month intensive German language course at the Goethe Institute Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
05/2012	“XXVIIIth Victimology, Victim Assistance and Criminal Justice Course”, Dubrovnik, Croatia (Lecturer/Participant)
03/2012	4th Crime Prevention through Criminal Law and Security Studies International Spring Course, “Law and Politics of Transnational Justice: The Past, Present and Future of International Criminal Justice”, Dubrovnik, Croatia (Lecturer/Participant)
01/2012– 03/2012	Scientific Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg i. Br., Germany
2005 - 2011	Master of Law (mag.iur.), Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia
04/2010– 05/2010	Intern at the law firm Dožudić, Bjelovar – Čazma, Republic of Croatia

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