AIDP National Groups
The International Association of Penal Law includes national groups in 38 countries worldwide. These national groups hold their own scientific activities, and report to the Board of Directors which takes place every June in Paris.
It is not mandatory to join the national group of your country, but it is highly recommended, and allows you to contribute to the activities of the group. You may also, together with other members in your country, create your own group following the relevant Guidelines issued by the AIDP. There can be only one national group in a given country. Most of them raise a separate contribution for the finances of the group.
List of National Groups
The AIDP holds national groups in the following 38 countries:
National Group
Board of Directors
Website
Annual Report
ALBANIA
President : Ersi Bozheku
Vice President: Avni Puka
Secretary General: Avni Puka
Treasurer: Vlora Behluli
ARGENTINA
President: Javier Augusto De Luca
Vice President: Luis Bunge Campos
Secretary General: María Ángeles Ramos
Treasurer: Francisco Figueroa
AUSTRIA
President: Prof. Dr. Ernst Eugen Fabrizy
Vice President: Prof. Dr. Franz Plöchl;
Prof. Dr. Robert Kert
Secretary General: Mag. Michael Leitner
Treasurer: Dr. Erich Weiss
BELGIUM AND LUXEMBOURG
Acting President: Vanessa Franssen
Acting Secretary General: Prof. Daniel De Wolf
BRAZIL
President: Carlos Eduardo de Campos Machado
Vice Presidents: Arthur Gueiros; Mariangela Gama Magalhães Gomes
Secretary General: Ana Luiza Barbosa de Sá
Treasurer: Nastassja Chalub
Honorary President: Carlos Eduardo Japiassú
CHILE
President: Juan Carlos Manríquez Benavides
Vice President: Prof. Dr Tatiana Vargas
Secretary General: Yamil Yuivar Carneiro
Treasurer: Prof Dr Francisco Bedecarratz
CHINA
President: Prof. Wang Xiumei
Vice President: Yin Jianfeng
Secretary General: Zhang Lei
Treasurer: Zhao Chenguang
CROATIA
President: Mme Prof. Dr. Sc. Elizabeta Ivicevic Karas
Vice President: Sime Matak
Secretary General: Jasmin Mujinović
CZECK REPUBLIC
President: Jaroslav Fenyk, Prof. JUDr., Ph.D.
Secretary General: Petr Zeman, JUDr., Ph.D.
Treasurer: Petr Zeman, JUDr., Ph.D.
DENMARK
President: Professor Thomas Elholm
Vice President: Associate Professor Iryna Marchuk
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
President: Manuel Ulises Bonnelly Vega
Vice President: Josè Ricardo Rojas Leòn
Secretary General: Pedro Virginio Balbuena Batista
Treasurer: Luz Diaz Rodriguez
EGYPT
President: Prof. Dr. Ahmed Fathy Sorour
Secretary General: Judge Serry Syam
Treasurer: Judge Adly Hussein
FINLAND
President: Raimo Lahti
Secretary General: Aleksi Peltonen
Treasurer: Aleksi Peltonen
FRANCE
President: Jean-Baptiste Perrier
Vice Presidents: Haritini Matsopoulou; Evan Raschel
Secretary General: Pauline Le Monnier de Gouville
Treasurer: Ludivine Grégoire
GERMANY
President: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Ulrich Sieber
Vice President: Prof. Dr. Jörg Eisele
Secretary General: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Dominik Brodowski
Treasurer: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Dominik Brodowski
Young Penalist Representative: Janine Blocher
GREECE
President: Ioannis Giannidis
Vice President: Theocharis Dalakouras
Secretary General: Alexandros Dimakis Treasurer: Vasileios Petropoulos
HUNGARY
President: Prof. Dr. Krisztina Karsai
Vice President: Prof. Dr. Csongor Herke
Secretary Treasurer: Dr. Erzsébet Molnár
Young Penalist Representative: Dóra Ripszám
IRAN
President: Prof. Nasrin Mehra
Vice President: Dr. Ghassem Ghassemi
Treasurer: Dr. Nourooz Kargary
ITALY
President: Antonio Gullo
Vice Presidents: Stefano Manacorda; Tommaso Rafaraci; Elisabetta Rosi
Secretary General: Gaetana Morgante
Treasurer: Francesco Compagna
JAPAN
President: Ms. Prof. Mana Shimaoka
Vice President: Ms. Prof. Megumi Ochi
Secretary General: Ms. Prof. Kanako Takayama
Treasurer: Mr. Prof. Takashi Masuda
KOREA
President: Dr. Byung-Sun Cho
MEXICO
MOROCCO
President: Amina Slimani
Vice Presidents: El Ouazzani Chahdi Loubna; Ainoussi Abdejlil
Secretary General: Mehdi Mounir
Deputy Secretary General: Essabiry Achraf
PERU
President: Luis Miguel Reyna Alfaro
Vice President: Dino Carlos Caro Coria
Secretary General: Virginia Naval Linares
Treasurer: Daniela Isabel Jose Zare Velasquéz
POLAND
President: prof. Hanna Kuczyńska
Secretary General: Karolina Kremens
Young Penalists Representative: Dawid Marko
PORTUGAL
President: Anabela Miranda Rodrigues
Secretary General: Miguel João Costa
Treasurer: Miguel João Costa
ROMANIA
President: vacant
Vice Presidents: Nicolae Grofu; Tudorel Toader; Petre Buneci
Secretary General: Vlad Alexandru Voicescu
Treasurer: Mrs. Judge Carmen Domocos
RUSSIA *
suspended
Acting President: Dr.Gleb Bogush
Secretary General: Dr. Maria Filatova
Treasurer: Dr. Gennady Esakov
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
SLOVENIA
SPAIN
President: Adán Nieto Martín
Vice Presidents: Patricia Faraldo Cabana; María Acale Sánchez
Secretary General: Jose Francisco Etxeberria
SWEDEN
President: Prosecutor General Katarina Johansson Welin
Secretary General: Solveig Wollstad
Treasurer: Erik Fågelsbo
SWITZERLAND
THE NETHERLANDS
President: Prof. Pieter Verrest
Vice President: Prof. Masha Fedorova
Secretary General: Dr. Mojan Samadi
Treasurer: Dr. Mojan Samadi
TUNISIA
President: Dr. Ouael Ben Slimane
Vice President: Dr. Moez Ben Tahar
Secretary General: Dr.Yassine Mansouri
Treasurer: Mme Nour Cherif
TURKEY
President: Prof. Dr. Fatih Selami Mahmutoğlu
Vice Presidents: Att. Dr. Ömer Bayraktar;
Att. Dr. Tuğçe Duygu Köksal;
Att. Ulaş Özkan
Secretary General: Att. Dr. Mehmet Oral
Treasurer: Att. Müşerref Gözde Zehir
UKRAINE
President: Prof.Dr. Mykhaylo Shepitko
Vice President: Prof.Dr. Vyacheslav Borisov
Vice President Assoc.: Prof.Dr. Olena Kharytonova
Secretary Assoc.: Prof.Dr. Kateryna Latysh
Treasurer: Prof.Dr. Sabrie Shramko
USA
President: Milena Sterio
Guidelines for the
National Groups
Guidelines for the
National Groups
- A National Group shall consist of no less than 10 individuals all of whom should qualify for individual membership in the Association in accordance with the bylaws of the AIDP.
All members of a National Group must be individual members in the Association. Individual membership may be acquired or renewed online through the webpage of the AIDP or through the National Group by filling the appropriate membership application form and payment of the individual annual dues.
Each National Group shall pay annual dues of 110 €.
- A National Group will receive one free copy of each issue of the International Review of Penal Law.
- National Groups and individual members in countries having restrictions on currency transfers and who cannot obtain an appropriate transfer permit shall deposit the dues in special accounts in their country which funds shall be used at the direction of the President, Secretary General or Treasurer of the Association.
- All payments for individual membership, subscription to the Revue and dues of National Groups are to be made through the webpage of the AIDP. If that is impossible, the group should contact the secretariat to find an alternative way.
- Each National Group should compose their own by-laws, which must conform to the rule of law and to the respective standards of the United Nations as well as to the By-laws and Internal Regulations of the AIDP. National Groups are invited to pay particular attention to Articles 2, 3, 7 and 32 of the By-laws and Articles 7 and 32 of the Internal Regulations.
- The by-laws of the National Group must provide for the election of the governing bodies of the National Group including the President, the Secretary General and the Treasurer. The mandate of the governing bodies should not exceed five years and is renewable. The by-laws of the groups shall provide for a representation of young penalists in the board of directors of the National Group itself.
- Each National Group – only one in each country – needs to be endorsed by the Board of Directors. For this purpose, a new group has to send to the Secretary General the by-laws (in one of the languages of the association), the list of members and the composition of the governing body as well as pay the membership fee. The Secretary General will verify the compliance with the rules and issue a recommendation to the Board.
- The officers of the National Groups shall communicate every year to the secretariat the list of registered members of their group as well as the composition of the governing body (President, Secretary General, Treasurer, etc.). In any case, the composition of the governing bodies shall be notified to the AIDP on the occasion of each renewal.
- The President of a National Group shall be the spokesperson for the group and the liaison person with the officers and the Board of Directors of the Association. He or she can be assisted in that task by the Secretary General or any other member of the governing body of the National Group.
- National groups shall appoint official delegates to the Board of Directors of the Association, who may participate in its meetings without the right to vote. They shall provide for rapporteurs and experts to participate in the various scientific activities of the Association. They commit to respond to the questionnaires issued as part of the international colloquia and to appoint a delegate to the colloquia, provided that it is consistent with their financial capacities.
- The Treasurer shall be responsible for sending annually the dues of the National Group. By special arrangement with the Association’s Treasurer, he or she may also collect the dues of individual members of the National Group and forward them to the Association’s Treasurer.
- At the central level, the Secretary General is responsible for liaising with National Groups of the Association as well as ensuring that they fulfill their obligations. The Secretary General acts in that respect with the assistance of the Deputy Secretaries General responsible for regions they represent.
- Individual members of the Association will receive every year (directly) two Newsletters informing the members of various events and activities relevant to the life of the Association.
- The By-laws and the Internal Regulations of the AIDP contain rules on the procedure as to the groups that cease to comply with the rules for National Groups for longer periods. This procedure may lead to losing the status of an AIDP National Group (see: Title II of the AIDP Internal Regulations regarding Article 7 of the AIDP By-Laws).
- In general, it is important that a National Group strives to be representative of the country’s criminal lawyers. The group should aim at including and involving in its works academics, legal practitioners, policy makers and experts and, in general, representatives of the various sciences interested in the activity and aims of the Association. It should also involve representatives from different parts of the country. A National Group of the AIDP should aim to integrate the young penalists of the country.
- National Groups are free to organize their own events. However, in order for the event to be under the auspices of the International Association of Penal Law (e.g. using the logo of the AIDP), the event has to be endorsed by the Scientific Committee. In order to obtain this endorsement, the National Group shall send, at the latest three weeks in advance, the information about the event to the Vice-President in charge of scientific coordination and to the Secretary of the Scientific Committee.
- For publications resulting from events of a National Group, the groups are encouraged to use a dedicated format of RIDP libri. While the series grants a lot of liberty to the group, including as to the choice of the publication’s language, the groups benefit from uniform AIDP templates and open-source style sheets. For further information, please contact the Director General of Publications.