Guest Lecture by Prof Dr Raimundas Kalesnykas (Turiba University, Latvia)

We are pleased to invite you to two insightful lecture by Prof Dr Raimundas Kalesnykas from Turiba University, Latvia.

🎯 Topic: The Phenomenon and Threat of Corruption: The EU’s Response through the Promotion of Rule of Law, Human Rights and Public Trust.
📅 Date: Wednesday, 15 May, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:15–13:00 (CET)
📍 Location: Classroom 2015

Who Can Attend?
The lecture is open to students, faculty members, and the university community.
Don’t miss this opportunity to engage with the phenomenon and threat of corruption: The EU’s response through the promotion of rule of law, human rights and public trust
We look forward to your participation!

About the Lecturer:

Prof Dr Raimundas Kalesnykas is a Professor of International Public Law and EU Law and a Leading Researcher at the Faculty of Law, Turiba University (Latvia).
He teaches International Human Rights Law, EU Law, International Anti-Corruption Law, and International Security Law in the PhD Programme of Legal Science. He holds a PhD in Law (2002, Law University of Lithuania) and an LL.M in International Human Rights Law (2001, Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute, Budapest).
With over 27 years of academic experience, he has lectured at 85 universities worldwide and specializes in rule of law, security, anti-corruption, and public administration reforms.
In Lithuania, he served as Legal Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs (2006-8, 2020-22) and Senior Policy Analyst at the Lithuanian Government Strategic Analysis Centre STRATA (2022). Internationally, he has worked on rule of law, human rights, and governance reforms in Europe, Central Asia, and beyond for organizations such as UNODC, USAID, OSCE, and the European Commission.
Currently, he is an anti-corruption expert in the EU Network Against Corruption (EC DG Home) and holds a senior expert mandate at OSCE & UNODC. His research focuses on rule of law, democracy, security, and governance.