VERSIÓN CASTELLANO                    VERSION FRANÇAISE

• President of the Honorary Committee of the Basque Institute of Criminology

• Honorary President of the International Association of Penal Lawl (AIDP-IAPL)

• Euskadi Prize of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (2009)

• Doctorates honoris causa: University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi (Romania: 2011); University of Huánuco (Peru: 2017); and Autonomous University of Peru (Lima, Peru: 2019)

• ​Member of Jakiunde. Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

• Member of the Royal Basque Society

• Correspondant of the Mexican Academy of Penal Sciences

Law Degree, Law Faculty of San Sebastián (1977). Extraordinary Prize. Caja de Ahorros Provincial de Gipuzkoa Award. Second Spanish National Prize (Law)

High Diplom in Criminology, Institute of Criminology (University Complutense of Madrid), 1979

Doctor in Law (UPV-EHU), 1981. Extraordinary Prize. 

• Books
• Contributions to Collective Books
• Articles
• Other
• Research Projects

• Award Ceremony. Euskadi Prize of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 2009
• Doctorate honoris causa ceremony:  University Alexander Ioan Cuza (Iasi, Romania, 2012).
• The New Criminal Law: tradition, recodification, reform, judicial progress, Conference at the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, October 26, 2012

• Member of the Governing Board of the Istituto Superiore Internazionale di Scienze Criminalli (Siracusa, Italy)
• Member of the Governing Board of the DMS International Research Center, San Sebastian
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Orfeón Donostiarra (1994- )
• President. Hurkoa Fundazioa

Past positions

• University of the Basque Country: Director of the Basque Institute of Criminology (2000-2023); Vice-President UPV/EHU (1991-2000); Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Law (1987-1988); Head of the Department of Public Law (1988-1991)
• International Association of Penal Law (AIDP-IAPL): Deputy of the General Secretary (1989-2004); Chief Editor of the Revue Internationale de Droit Pénal / International Review of Penal Law (1989-2004). President (2004-2014)
• Society of Basque Studies: Vice-President (Gipuzkoa) (2002-2005); Deputy of the Presidency (2005-2012)
• International Society of Criminology: Member of the Board of Directors  (1994-2019); Member of the Scientific Commission (1990-1995)
• Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat) Max Planck Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht (Freiburg i. Br. Germany) (2008-2020)

• Second Prize. Essays.  XXVI International Course of Criminology, 1976
• Honorable Professor of Northwest University of Politics and Law (Xi'an; China)
• Euskadi Prize of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 2009
• Doctor honoris causa, University Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Iasi, Romania: 2011); University of Huanuco (Peru: 2017); Autonomous University of Peru (Lima, Peru: 2019)
• Honorary President International Association of Penal Law (AIDP-IAPL). 2014
• Honoray Member of the Basque Society of Victimology, 2020.

Research Visits:

• Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (France, 1978)
• University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom, Scotland: jul-aug 1979)
• Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium: oct-dec 1981)
• Max-Planck Institut für Strafrecht (Freiburg, Germany: jan-july 1982; oct-dec 1983; jun-jul 1984; jun-aug 1985)
• Center for Judicial Studies & National Judicial College, University ol Reno (USA: jul-aug 2002).:

Visiting professor:

• Belgium: Katholieke Universiteit. Leuven
• Chile: Pontificia U.Católica de Chile
• EE.UU: DePaul University y University of Nevada-Reno
• France: Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour; Université de Paris XII
• China: Renmin University (Beijing); Beijing Normal University; Northwest University of Politics and Law (Xi'an).