ŠVEDAS GINTARAS, Prof. Habil. Dr.
Main areas of scientific interest, research and expertise
International, European Union and national criminal law, Sentencing, Punishment execution, International legal cooperation in criminal matters, Criminal policy.
Education
- 2009 awarded a Habilitated Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz (Poland).
- 1993 acquired a Doctor of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
- 1989 acquired a Master’s of Law degree, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University.
Main publications
- Švedas, Gintaras. Lithuania. Amsterdam: Wolters Kluwer, 2022. 324 p. (IEL Criminal Law). Access on internet: <https://kluwerlawonline.com/EncyclopediaChapter/IEL+Criminal+Law/CRIM20220001>.
- Švedas, Gintaras; Abramavičius, Arman. Tendencies and problematic aspects of criminal liability of a legal person in Lithuania // Legal developments during 30 years of Lithuanian independence: overview of legal accomplishments and challenges in Lithuania / eds.: Gintaras Švedas, Donatas Murauskas. Cham: Springer, 2021. ISBN 9783030547820. eISBN 9783030547837. p. 299-315. DOI: 1007/978-3-030-54783-7_16.
- Švedas, Gintaras. Prevention of Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products: Experience of Lithuania // In Celina Nowak (Ed.) Combatting Illicit Trade on the EU Border A Comparative Perspective / Springer, 2021, p. 107-151.
Main scientific and research projects
- 2023-2026 European Law Institute (ELI) (with OLAF) project “Corporate criminal liability in the European Union” national expert
- Since 2021 national leader and expert of the project “Alternatives to Imprisonment in Post-Soviet States”. The project is financed by the Lithuanian Science Council under the support of joint Lithuanian and Polish science projects (DAINA-2). More information about the project.
- 2021-2022 national expert in the Hercule project “Vertical and horizontal cooperation in combating organized fraud in the EU”. The project was financed by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF).
- 2019–2022 leader and expert of the project “Challenges to the Systemic Nature of the Special Part of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania”. Project was funded by Research Council of Lithuania.
Membership in editorial boards
- Editor-in-Chief in the periodic scientific journal “VU mokslo darbai. Teisė”.
- Member of the editorial board of the New Journal of European Criminal Law.
- Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “European Polygraph” (A.F. Modrzewski Krakow University, Poland).
- Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Štát a právo” (en. “State and law”) (Matej Bel University, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic).
- Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal “Ius Novum”.
Significant expert activity, membership
- Since 2019 member of the legal reform working group established by the President of Ukraine, foreign expert.
- Since 2006 national contact person in the academic network “European Criminal Law Academic Network” (ECLAN). From 2018 ECLAN Management board member.
- Since 2013 member of the Criminal Code Supervision Commission, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania.
Awards
- 2018 – Vilnius University Rector’s award for the best scientific applied work “Challenges of (co)harmonizing the integrity and innovation of the general part of the Criminal Code”.
- 2015 – “For Merit” badge of the Prisons Department under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania.
- 2006 – Commemorative medal of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania.
- 2006 – “For self-sacrificing service” badge of the Prisons Department under the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania.
- 2004 – Knight’s Cross award of the Order “For Merit to Lithuania”.
- 2003 – Commemorative medal of January 13, 1991.
Popularization of science
Languages
Lithuanian, English and Russian.