On November 17 and 18, Jaqueline Stein took part in the interdisciplinary conference "Armut und Recht," which was jointly organized by the German Institute for Human Rights and the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB).
The conference focused on key questions concerning the relationship between law and poverty: How does the law in Germany affect people affected by poverty? Which legal structures promote exclusion and marginalization? And what potential does the law offer for combating poverty structurally?
On November 18, Jaqueline Stein spoke about her research on prisoner labor and labor rights in the prison system. She particularly highlighted how legal exclusions exacerbate and perpetuate poverty among prisoners—not only during their incarceration, but also beyond. A central theme was the critical examination of this situation in the context of the constitutional requirement for rehabilitation.
We would like to express our special thanks to the two initiators, Lê Phan-Warnke and Tanja Herklotz, for their outstanding organization of this format.
The conference focused on key questions concerning the relationship between law and poverty: How does the law in Germany affect people affected by poverty? Which legal structures promote exclusion and marginalization? And what potential does the law offer for combating poverty structurally?
On November 18, Jaqueline Stein spoke about her research on prisoner labor and labor rights in the prison system. She particularly highlighted how legal exclusions exacerbate and perpetuate poverty among prisoners—not only during their incarceration, but also beyond. A central theme was the critical examination of this situation in the context of the constitutional requirement for rehabilitation.
We would like to express our special thanks to the two initiators, Lê Phan-Warnke and Tanja Herklotz, for their outstanding organization of this format.
