Perspectives on excessive police violence and how to deal with it

Symposium / ConTrust Practice Forum

One year after the publication of the book “Gewalt im Amt. Übermäßige polizeiliche Gewaltanwendung und ihre Aufarbeitung”, the team of the research project KviA-Pol together with the research initiative “ConTrust – Vertrauen im Konflikt” is organizing a symposium on 29 May 2024 from 10 am – 5.30 pm at the Goethe University in Frankfurt a.M. on the topic of “Perspectives on excessive police violence”. Together with experts from the police, justice system, civil society and academia, we will discuss problems and possible solutions in three panel sessions.

The symposium is aimed at an interested specialist audience from the aforementioned areas and institutions. Please register by April 29, 2024 at kviapol@uni-frankfurt.de, stating your name and institution.

As we would like to ensure a balanced ratio of participants from the different areas and the number of places is limited, we ask for your understanding that a binding confirmation is only possible after the registration deadline.

The symposium is also the third practical forum of the research initiative “ConTrust – Trust in Conflict”.

Program
10.00 – 10.15 a.m.
Registration and coffee

10.15 – 10.30 a.m.
Welcome and introductory words

10.30 – 12.00 a.m.
Panel 1: Perspectives on excessive use of force by the police and consequences for those affected
With: Astrid Leicht (Fixpunkte e. V., Berlin), Michael Gabriel (Koordinationsstelle Fanprojekte, Frankfurt), a representative of the Solidaritätskreis Mohamed Lamine Dramé (Dortmund) and a speaker from the field of political activism

12.00 – 13.30
Lunch break

13.30 – 15.00
Panel 2: Problems in dealing with excessive police violence in the criminal justice system
With: Prof. Dr. Jens Dallmeyer (public prosecutor and adjunct professor, Frankfurt), Sermin Riedel (Independent Police Commissioner for the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen) and Dr. Lukas Theune (lawyer, Berlin)

15.00 – 15.30
Panel 3: Transformation potential for police practice and the relationship between police and society
With: Dr. Florence Hellen (Chief Physician, Department of Forensics, LVR Klinikum, Düsseldorf), Dirk Heidemann (formerly German Police University, Münster) and Marie-Theres Piening (research associate in the “Police Accountability” research project, Frankfurt)

17.00 – 17.30
Final commentary
With: Laila Abdul-Rahman, Hannah Espín Grau, Luise Klau, Prof. Dr. Tobias Singelnstein

Organizer:
DFG research project KviA-Pol together with the research initiative “ConTrust – Trust in Conflict” at the Research Center “Normative Orders” at Goethe University