„Verdict without law, legal authority without judges – the world of shadow justice“

theme No.: 10b
responsible federal state: Bremen
date: 12.03.2023 - 17.03.2023

The problem of “shadow justice” (or parallel justice) has become apparent to varying degrees in Germany and it has moved into the focus of the public debate, especially in the context of clan-organized crime. However, this structure of conflict resolution can be encountered in many areas of life, for instance in a large number of family law cases. It has its origin in thousands of years old customary law. We see a structure of an internal conflict resolution, which operates in secret, ignores the state’s legal system, and expresses another standard of values and a different system of norms. Individual rights are restricted, the state's decision-making monopoly is disregarded, the fundamental values of our constitution are ignored and the execution of criminal or other legal proceedings are aggravated.
It is intended to inform about the experiences with those structures, to illuminate the cultural and / or ethnic background and to point out the borderline between desired out-of-court mediation and non-acceptable conflict resolution mechanisms.

The conference is also announced within the European Judicial Training Network (EJTN). It is particularly suitable for foreign participants.

back to overview