Contact: ioana.curt@law.ubbcluj.ro
Academic Staff
Assistant Professor Dr. Ioana Paula CURT
Academic Involvement
- Criminal law. General part
- Criminal execution law
Education and Professional Training
- Doctor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (2020, Summa Cum Laudae): The Victim’s Contribution to the Result in Criminal Law (coordinator: Florin Streteanu)
- Diploma in Comparative Law, International Faculty of Comparative Law, University of Strasbourg (2012)
- Master of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (2012, Criminal Sciences and Forensics)
- Bachelor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (2011)
Publications
I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
- Curt, The Victim’s Contribution to the Result in Criminal Law, Hamangiu Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021;
- I. Curt, The Applicability of the Victim’s Consent in Cases of Mutually Accepted “Fights” Resulting in Bodily Harm, in L. Bercea (ed.), *Liber amicorum Viorel Pașca 70. The Reform of the Reform of Criminal Legislation*, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2021;
- I. Curt, The Causal Link in Cases of Medical Malpractice, in V. Diaconiță (ed.), Liability in Cases of Medical Malpractice. Substantive and Procedural Aspects, Solomon Publishing House, Bucharest, 2022;
- I. Curt, The Criminal Law of the Future: A Law Connected to Neuroscientific Discoveries, in L. M. Stănilă (ed.), The Criminal Law of the Future. Generations, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2022;
- A. Bârsan, G. Groza, I. Curt, R.-C. Jurchiș, S. Suciu, V. Inceu, D. Stănică, Integrated Study on the Causes of Recidivism, Istros Publishing House of the Brăila Museum, Brăila, 2024.
II. Articles
- I. Curt, The Confluence of Risks – The Effects of the Victim’s Concurrent Contribution on the Offender’s Criminal Liability, in Criminal Law Notebooks no. 1/2019;
- I. Curt, The Succession of Risks – The Effects of the Victim’s Subsequent Contribution on the Offender’s Criminal Liability, in Criminal Law Notebooks no. 4/2019;
- I. Curt, The Absence of Causal Link. The Application of Causality Theories in a Case Concerning the Death of a Traffic Police Officer Escorting the Official Motorcade of the Minister of Internal Affairs, in Criminal Law Notebooks no. 3/2024;
- I. Curt, Continuous Offence of Rape: The Impact of Law no. 217/2023 on the Legal Classification in Situations Where the Offence Was Completed While the Victim Was a Minor and Exhausted After Becoming an Adult, in AUBD, Legal Forum no. 1/2025.
Recent Conferences
- Curt, The Distinction Between Cooperation in Intentional Self-Endangerment and the Endangerment of a Third Party Accepted by That Party, presentation at the International Conference of PhD Students in Law, 21 June 2019, Timișoara, Romania;
- I. Curt, The Causal Link in Medical Malpractice Cases, online presentation at the national conference “Liability in Medical Malpractice Cases” organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest, 12 November 2021;
- I. Curt, Environmental Awareness and Sustainability in Romanian Prisons, presentation at the International Conference “What Future for the Concept of Borderless Europe?” organized by the Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network (TEIN) and the Research Group on Cross-Border Cooperation founded by the Ludovika University of Public Service (LUPS) and the Central European Service for Cross-border Initiatives (CESCI), 13 May 2025, Budapest, Hungary.
Research Projects
Member/Expert in Projects
- “Prison Overcrowding and Alternatives to Detention”, funded by the European Commission (JUST/2013/JPEN/AG/4539);
- “Improving the Transfer of Persons Pursuant to Mutual Recognition of Judicial Decisions in Criminal Matters and the Protection of Citizens’ Fundamental Rights”, funded by the European Commission (JUST/2014/JCOO/AG/CRIM/7755);
- “Legal Counselling Services for Victims of Abuses or Irregularities in Public Administration and Justice”, funded by non-reimbursable European funds (SIPOCA 377_ ID MYSMIS 111830);
- SECURE – “Services for the Development of a Study (with 3 Sociological Components) on the Causes of Recidivism in Romania, a Public Policy Document and an Action Plan for the Prevention of Recidivism in Romania”, funded through the “Justice” Programme, Norwegian Financial Mechanism 2014–2021;
- RIMES (Criminal Justice Policy & Social Exclusion Project), director José Luis Díez-Ripollés, Universidad de Málaga, Spain;
- “Les systèmes pénitentiaires dans le monde”, Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur les Transitions Juridiques (IFTJ) – Centre de Recherche sur la Justice Pénale et Pénitentiaire (CRJ2P), director Jean-Paul Céré, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, France;
- FULL-PROOF – “Ensuring the Due Course of Criminal Proceedings via Strengthened Respect for the Procedural Rights of the Suspect and the Accused”, funded through the European Commission’s Justice Programme.
Teaching Mobilities and Research Fellowships
- Doctoral research grant POSDRU/159/1.5/S/132400, “Young successful researchers – professional development in an interdisciplinary and international context”, 2014-2015;
- Research internship: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany, 1-31 July 2015.
Affiliations
- European Society of Criminology
Contests and Prizes
- Coordinator of the criminal law team of the Faculty of Law at the national competition “Hexagon of Law Faculties” (2014-2022);
- Excellentia Award – teaching staff section awarded by the Student Council of Babeș-Bolyai University (2019);
- “Vintilă Dongoroz” Award in the field of criminal law, for the work “The victim’s contribution to the production of the result in criminal law” awarded by the Romanian Jurists’ Union (2021);
- Annual Award for Excellence in Scientific Research awarded by Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (2021).