Want to observe court hearings but unsure where to start? 

Our new Legal Guide for Courtwatching – created in collaboration with the criminal defense law clinic Freie University Berlin – walks you through every step of the process. This guide goes beyond being a practical resource – it’s an invitation to engage in courtwatching as a form of activism.

Justice Collective is Hiring!

Visit here for links to sources and resources featured in Justice Collective’s Instagram educational series, “Why We Need Abolition: Policing, Punishment, and Prisons in Germany”, based on its report with the Komitee für Grundrechte und Demokratie.

Justice Collective is Hiring!

Analysis of Germany’s coalition agreement on issues of policing, punishing, and anti-racism.

This event will no longer take place on December 6 because of COVID-19. We will reschedule soon.

On November 26, 2021 from 19:00 – 20:30, Justice Collective will present an overview of policing and punishment in Germany.

Responses to questions posed to the German political parties ahead of this weekend’s election by Netzwerks Abolitionismus and Hydra suggest a growing understanding by some parties of the harms of punitive social policy. But comprehensive and bold solutions are lacking.

Analyzing existing research, Justice Collective provides a snapshot of harmful punishment practices across Europe. Our report counters assumptions that states in Europe do not punish very much and that they are free from structural racism in their courts.