Academic Staff
Assistant Professor Dr. Diana Maria IONESCU
Academic Involvement
- Criminal Procedure
- Special Criminal Procedures
- Comparative Criminal Procedures
- Legal English
Education and Professional Training
- Doctor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (2012, Summa Cum Laudae): The Right to Silence in Criminal Procedures from the Perspective of Contemporary Developments (coordinator: Gheorghiță Mateuț)
- Master of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (2002, Criminal Sciences and Forensics)
- Bachelor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca (2001)
Publications
I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
- D. Ionescu, Victims’ Rights in Romania. The Long Journey from Legal Texts to Implementation, in J. Burchett, A. Weyembergh (eds.): Stronger Victims’ Rights in EU Law?, Bloomsbury – Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2025, pp. 209-232;
- D. Ionescu, Environmental Public Interest Litigation in Romania. Recent Developments in Domestic Courts and the Implication of the CJEU Judgment in Case C-252/22 (final stage of publication), in Fundamental Rights and Climate Change – Exploring New Perspectives and Corresponding Remedies, pp. 213-241;
- D. Ionescu, The Right of Crime Victims to Access Financial Compensation from the State, in L. Stănilă (ed.), The Right to a Fair Trial. An Integrated and Conciliatory Vision Between Theory and Practice, Hamangiu Publishing House, Bucharest, 2024, pp. 116-139;
- Child Victims in Criminal Proceedings. Directive 2012/29/EU and Its Implementation in Romania, in L. Stănilă, I. Pașca, Protection of Crime Victims. Lessons from a Decade, Universul Juridic Publishing House, Bucharest, 2023, pp. 257-294;
- D. Ionescu, D. Nițu, Romanian Criminal Procedure at a Crossroads: Legacies of the Past and Current Challenges, in E. Sellier, A. Weyembergh, Criminal Procedures and Cross-Border Cooperation in the EU Area of Criminal Justice, Editions de ULB, Brussels, 2020;
- D. Ionescu, Criminal Procedural Culture in Romania over the Last 100 Years. Towards the Next 100, in R. Bercea, A. Mercescu, Values, Ideas, and Mentalities in Law, from 1918 to 2018, West University Publishing House, Timișoara, 2019;
- D. Ionescu, Evidence and Fundamental Rights: The Romanian Perspective, in La preuve. Travaux de l’Association Henri Capitan (2013), Bruylant Publishing House, Brussels, 2015.
II. Articles
- D. Ionescu, Professional Training of Practitioners in the Field of Victims’ Rights, Jurnalul Baroului Cluj no. 2/2023, pp. 24-47;
- D. Ionescu, Beyond Words: Effective Judicial Control over Administrative Acts, Jurnalul Baroului Cluj no. 1/2022;
- D. Ionescu, Public Interest Whistleblower 2.0. Law no. 361/2022 in a European Context (I), Jurnalul Baroului Cluj no. 2/2022;
- D. Ionescu, The Brexit Conference and Criminal Justice within the EU, Criminal Law Notebooks no. 3/2019.
Recent Conferences
- 2024 Annual Conference of The European Society of Criminology, speaker and chair, European Society of Criminology, 11-14 September 2024, Bucharest; lecture: The Victims’ Right to State Compensation in Romania
- 2024 Combating Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Through Law Enforcement and International Cooperation, speaker, Police Academy Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Bucharest and University of Nottingham, 21-22 March 2024, Bucharest; lecture: The Right of Victims of Trafficking to State-Paid Compensation for Damages
- 2023 Annual Conference of The European Association of Psychology and Law, speaker, European Association of Psychology and Law, 4-7 July 2023, Cluj-Napoca; lecture: The Romanian Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers. Cultural Influences and the Self-Sufficiency of the Law
- 2023 SustEULaw 2023, speaker, Jagiellonian University, 15 September 2023, Cracow; lecture: Public Interest Litigation in Environmental Cases. Recent Judicial Developments and Challenges Before the Romanian Courts from Transylvania
Affiliations
- European Association of Criminology
Awards
- Coach of the Faculty of Law student team, UBB Cluj-Napoca – Central and Eastern European Moot Competition 2025