Global Criminal Justice Hub

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To foster global understanding and dialogue on criminal justice responses to various crimes, such as cybercrime, human trafficking, justice for migrants and asylum seekers, conflicts, aggression, and war crimes, law enforcement in developing democracies, and the worldwide use of judicial and non-judicial executions.

Criminology and criminal justice, until recently, have primarily focused on local or national contexts. This emphasis is justified due to the fact that criminal law is largely constrained by national boundaries. However, with the increasing impact of mass migration and globalisation on every aspect of modern life, including food, neighbours, finances, friendships, reading material, and travel destinations, it is unreasonable to assume that criminal justice remains unaffected. Not only are certain crimes, such as terrorism, cybercrime, trafficking, and drug offenses, global in nature, but criminal justice agencies and institutions are also increasingly operating across borders and exerting influence far beyond their own territories. Consequently, criminal justice has not only expanded, but it has also undergone changes in its impact and, to some extent, its rationale.

In June 2016, the Centre established the Global Criminal Justice Hub as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, aiming to facilitate collaborative exchanges with universities worldwide. In 2018, the inaugural Global Criminal Justice Early Career Conference was held, which included students from Monash University and Hong Kong University. Additionally, the Hub's DPhil students were given the opportunity to participate in the Monash University intensive writing program at Prato, where they could prepare articles for publication. In 2019, the Hub welcomed its first visiting fellow, a human rights lawyer, co-founder, and director of the Indonesian legal aid organization LBH Masyarakat, through the Global Criminal Justice Hub. Moreover, the HUB co-hosted a two-day symposium on sentencing in Africa.

For additional details or to contribute to these initiatives, please reach out to the Criminology team. They have a specific focus on raising funds to aid students from the global South in attending Oxford, whether it be through the MSc course or as research students in the DPhil program.

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