On December 14th, the 37th Academic Salonof Law School was held successfully in Room 307,Koguan Building. Themed "Criminal Law in The Background of Human Rights and Fundamental Rights", the salon invited Prof. KimmoNuoti, director of the Helsinki University Law School as keynote speaker.Dean Zhang Shouwen, Deputy Dean Xue Li,and Prof. Wang Shizhoufrom PKULS attended the salon.

First of all, Professor KimmoNuotiintroducedto the audience from Finland Constitution,combined with the legal system and the political construction of Finland, to link bewteen criminal law and constitution. He specifically stressed the significance of BroadLaw in fighting terrorism and other international crimes. Finally, he discussed about absolute prohibition of torture, protection of women and children’s rights, andenvironment protection.

Subsequently, the professors discussedin depth about the international criminal law and the constitution, Professor KimmoNuotiresponded to all the questions raised. The 37th Academic Salon of PKULS ended perfectly.

Translated by: Liu Xin

Edited by: Xia Jing