Cross-Departmental Projects

Heads of project: Michael Kilchling, Gunda Wössner
Access to telephone and other forms of electronic communication is one of the areas in which prison conditions vary significantly in Germany. The divergent conditions raise several fundamental human rights concerns, such as equal treatment of… more

Heads of project: Tatjana Hörnle, Carina Tetal
The severity of criminal sanctions targeting the production, possession, and distribution of child pornography, that is, offenses involving child sexual exploitation material (CSEM), is often justified as necessary to prevent future child sexual abuse… more

Heads of project: T. Hörnle, R. Poscher, J. Arnold
The project, which began during the COVID-19 pandemic, was completed in late 2024. It focused on the dilemmatic situation that requires choosing between patients who need life-saving resources. What should the criteria for the distribu-tion of… more