Zbigniew Lasocik is a professor of law and criminology specializing in human trafficking, serious criminality, prison systems, human rights and civil society. He serves as the Director of the Center of Excellence The Human Trafficking Studies Centre, at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw. Professor Lasocik was visiting scholar of Columbia University in New York, Harvard University in Cambridge, California State University in Los Angeles, John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York and several other universities in the US, UK and Argentina. In 2019 he conducted research on effectiveness of combating human trafficking in the US. Mr Lasocik is an expert of the United Nations, European Commission, OSCE and Council of Europe and former member of the UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture in Geneva. He served as a President of the Polish Section of the International Commission of Jurists in Poland. He participated in over 60 international fact finding and assessment missions regarding prisons, torture prevention, human rights and human trafficking. Professor Lasocik has been a recipient of the Zbigniew Holda Human Rights Award in 2015. He graduated from law and criminology/sociology. He is an author of over 120 scientific publications (books, articles and research reports) in criminology, human trafficking, human rights, torture prevention and prison systems.
