Visiting scholar: Frank Czerner

Dr. iur. Frank Czerner, holder of the professorship for law in social work (and in digital forensics) at Mittweida University of Applied Sciences in Middle Saxony, has been spending his research sabbatical at Campo Santo Teutonico since the end of April 2022. He is investigating the question of the extent to which the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is reflected in Roman Catholic canon law, the Corpus Iuris Canonici (CIC), and whether the text of the UN Convention can be regarded as an interpretative aid (or even as an interpretative directive) of the CIC that protects the welfare of children.

After all, the Vatican is the fourth signatory state to sign the UN CRC and canon law must also deal with the issue of victim protection through repression and prevention in connection with the abuse problem.

As a "basic study" for his research sabbatical, Prof. Czerner has written a comparative law paper entitled "(Re)Adjustment and Interpretation of the Penal Purposes in the Corpus Iuris Canonici on the Basis of the Apostolic Constitution PASCITE GREGEM DEI (Cann. 1311 § 2 ff., 1752, 16 - 18, 1399 CIC)", which will soon be published by Duncker & Humblot.

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