FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2026
Pending Reforms in Juvenile Criminal Justice
9:15 a.m. Opening
Dr. Andreu Olesti Rayo (Dean of the Faculty of Law).
Dr. Sergi Cardenal Montraveta (Professor of Criminal Law, University of Barcelona. Principal Investigator of the Project “New Challenges and Pending Reforms in Juvenile Criminal Justice,” R&D PID2021-127718NB-100).
9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
The Honorable Dr. Antonio del Moral García (Justice of the Second Chamber of the Supreme Court).
The Honorable Mª Teresa Gisbert Jordà (Coordinating Prosecutor for Minors, State Attorney General’s Office).
Moderator: Dr. Sergi Cardenal Montraveta (Professor of Criminal Law, University of Barcelona).
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Break
12:00 p.m.–1:45 p.m.
Mr. Jesús María del Cacho Rivera (Director General of Criminal Enforcement in the Community and Juvenile Justice, Government of Catalonia).
Dr. María Luisa Cuerda Arnau (Professor of Criminal Law, Jaume I University of Castellón).
Moderator: Dr. Silvia Fernández Bautista (Associate Professor of Criminal Law, University of Barcelona. Principal Investigator of the project “New Challenges and Pending Reforms in Juvenile Criminal Justice,” R&D PID2021-127718NB-100).
1:45 p.m.–2:00 p.m. Closing
Dr. Sergi Cardenal Montraveta (Professor of Criminal Law, University of Barcelona).
Dr. Silvia Fernández Bautista (Associate Professor of Criminal Law, University of Barcelona).
Academic Directors:
Dr. Sergi Cardenal Montraveta (Professor of Criminal Law, University of Barcelona).
Dr. Silvia Fernández Bautista (Associate Professor of Criminal Law, University of Barcelona).
Format: In-person
Aula María Soteras (A-411), Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 684
MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2026
11:00 a.m.
Doctoral Thesis Defense
Author: Roberto Fasani Puelma
Title: “Insurmountable Fear: Criteria and Guidelines for its Application”
Supervisor: Dr. Carolina Bolea
Format: In-person
Main Auditorium, Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 684
TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2026
5:00-7:30 p.m. (Spain), 1:00-3:30 p.m. (Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires), 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Bogotá, Lima, Quito)
8th Edition of the Research Seminar in Criminal Law at the University of Barcelona
Dr. Maite Carretero (Carlos III University of Madrid)
“Can Criminal Guilt Resist the Deterministic Onslaught?”
Format: Online
TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2026
5:00-7:30 p.m. (Spain), 1:00-3:30 p.m. (Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires), 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Bogotá, Lima, Quito)
8th Edition of the Research Seminar in Criminal Law at the University of Barcelona
Dr. Javier Contesse (University of Chile)
“Norm, Time, and Result”
Format: Online
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026
5:00-7:30 p.m. (Spain), 1:00-3:30 p.m. (Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires), 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Bogotá, Lima, Quito)
8th Edition of the Research Seminar in Criminal Law at the University of Barcelona
Dr. Maris Köpcke (University of Barcelona)
“Dignity and Criminal Law in the German Constitutional Court”
Format: Online
MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2026
5:00-7:30 p.m. (Spain), 1:00-3:30 p.m. (Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires), 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Bogotá, Lima, Quito)
8th Edition of the Research Seminar in Criminal Law at the University of Barcelona
Cristina Valega (Max Planck Institute)
“Rethinking Sexual Consent.” Autonomy and Non-Ideal Contexts
Format: Online
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2026
5:00-7:30 p.m. (Spain), 1:00-3:30 p.m. (Santiago, Chile; Buenos Aires), 11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m. (Bogotá, Lima, Quito)
8th Edition of the Research Seminar in Criminal Law at the University of Barcelona
Dr. Elena Gutiérrez (University of Alicante)
“Relatives who treat each other like strangers.” The Abuse of Victim Vulnerability in Property Crimes (Art. 268 CP)
Format: Online
THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026
3:30-5:30 p.m.
SEMINAR
«Participation in Special Crimes»
Speaker: Dr. Alejandro Leiva López, Andrés Bello University (Chile)
Counter-presentation by: Dr. Víctor Gómez Martín (University of Barcelona).
Format: In-person
Location: A218 Professorat Room, Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 684
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2025
11:00 a.m.
Doctoral Thesis Defense
Author: María Fernanda Ovalle
Title: «The Political Legitimacy of Punishment: Social Exclusion as a Problem of Illegality»
Supervisors: Dr. Víctor Gómez Martín; Dr. Javier Cigüela Sola
Examining Committee: Dra. Mirentxu Corcoy Bidasolo; Dr. Javier Gómez Lanz; Dra. María Luisa Cuerda Arnau
Format: In-person
Salón de grados. Facultad de Derecho, Universitat de Barcelona. Avda. Diagonal, 684.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2025
5:00 p.m. (Spain). Online Session
Research Seminar in Criminal Law at the University of Barcelona
«The Theory of the Legally Protected Interest and its Function of Legislative Critique: Can it Contribute to the Constitutional Review of Criminal Laws?»
Speaker: Francisco Salvador de la Fuente Cardona (Complutense University of Madrid)
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2025
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
SEMINAR
«The Most Serious and the Most Difficult Crime? Technical Problems in Determining Genocide»
Cristina Fernández Pacheco
“The Protected Group for the Purposes of the Crime of Genocide”
Adrián Agenjo Aguado
“Intent in Genocide: State of the Question and Proposal for a Protective Interpretation”
Elisenda Calvet Martínez
“Slow Genocide Through the Imposition of Living Conditions Aimed at the Physical Destruction of the Group”
Rosa Ana Alija Fernández
“State Responsibility for the Commission of Genocide”
Organized by: Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, and Public International Law and International Relations
Format: In-person
Room 30, Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Avda. Diagonal, 684
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
Professor Mirentxu Corcoy Bidasolo will receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Buenos Aires.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025
9:00 a.m.–2:15 p.m.
SEMINAR
«Gender-based criminal law: Challenges in its application and reflections from criminal doctrine»
Dra. Carolina Bolea Bardon
Universidad de Barcelona
Dra. Mª Ángeles Rueda Martín
Universidad de Zaragoza
Dr. Juan Carlos Hortal Ibarra
Universidad de Barcelona
Dra. Inés Olaizola Nogales
Universidad Pública de Navarra
Dra. Mirentxu Corcoy Bidasolo
Universidad de Barcelona
Dra. Mercedes Pérez Manzano
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Dr. Fernando Molina Fernández
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Dr. Víctor Gómez Martín
Universidad de Barcelona
Organized by: Proyecto I+D PID2022-140170NB-I00: Violencia extrema sobre la mujer: respuesta penal y alternativas para la prevención (VEM) y el Observatorio de Derecho Público (IDP).
Format: in-person
Aula Font i Rius (Edificio histórico). Facultad de Derecho, Universitat de Barcelona. Avda. Diagonal, 684.