Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. José Luis de la Cuesta
Director of the Basque Institute of Criminology (IVAC-KREI)
- Honorary President of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP-IAPL)
- Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Criminology
- Doctorates honoris causa: University Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Iasi (Romania), 28 october 2011; and University of Huánuco (Perú), 23 june 2017
- Euskadi Prize of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 2009
- Member of Jakiunde. Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
- Member of the Royal Society Bascongada
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.
Publications
Materials on-line
- Award Ceremony. Euskadi Prize of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities 2009
- Doctorates honoris causa: University Alexander Ioan Cuza (Iasi, Romania, 2012) and University of Huánuco (Perou), 2017.
- The New Criminal Law: tradition, recodification, reform, judicial progress, Conference at the Romanian Academy, Bucharest, October 26, 2012
Other Institutional Positions
- Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board (Fachbeirat) Max Planck Institut für ausländisches und internationales Strafrecht (Freiburg i. Br. Germany) (2008- )
- 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: Vice-President (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)
Other Prizes and Awards
- 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 and University of Huánuco (Perú), 23 june 2017
- Honorary President International Association of Penal Law (AIDP-IAPL). 2014
Invitations and Research Vistis
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).