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International Seminar July 6, 2009, CES Seminar Room Organization: State, Law and Administration Studies During the last decade of the 21st Century a rising of criminalization of social conflicts based on a new paradigm of security has occurred. The States have resorted to political legitimacy in order to monopolize, within the extent of this process, the definitions of crime and law, as consequences to the processes of construction of democracy, citizenship and human rights in different social contexts. This new paradigm of security/criminalization has been translated into the national and international plans, as well as in state policies and institutional forms of governance. The aim of this international colloquium, intituled “Criminalization, Security and Democracy: Socio-Legal Research and Activism”, is to discuss, in the perspective of a critical sociology , the role of state, society, international organizations and of law, in the development of alternatives guided by principles of extension of citizenship, democracy and human rights.
9:30 – 10:00 | Opening lecture 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee break 10:30 – 12:30 | Security, governance and democracy “The Political Economy of Human Security: Policing and Governance Within and on the Edges of Neo-Liberalism” “Crime, Law and Society. Building on Democracy and the Other” “Human security: a critical approach” 12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch 14:30 – 16:30 | Security and criminalization in society “The “frénésie sécuritaire”: trends of security policing in contemporary France (1997-2009)” “Gunmen in the background of interpersonal conflicts. Rethinking ancient practices” 16:30 – 17:00 | Coffee break 17:00 – 17:45 | Critical responses to criminalization and security “Trafficking in women for the purposes of sexual exploitation in Portugal” "New Challenges in Crime and Security" 17:45 – 18:00 | Closing |