Prof. Tomasz Kaczmarek passed away
It is with deep sorrow that we announce that on 6 April 2026 prof. dr hab. Tomasz Kaczmarek, the director of the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology in years 1975-1991 and head of the Department of Substantive Criminal Law in 1997-2006, passed away.
Tomasz Kaczmarek was a full professor at the University of Wrocław, a member of the Scientific Society of Penal Law, the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP/IAPL), Wrocław Scientific Society, Committee on Legal Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences in years 1984-1990, and Committee for the Reform of Criminal Law at the Minister of Justice in 1981-1997.
In years 2001-2002 he was an expert at the Sejm Committee on matters related to the planned amendments to the Criminal Code. He lectured at the universities in Bonn, Cologne, Hamburg, Freiburg, Regensburg, Salzburg and Osaka. Repeated scholarship holder of The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Hamburg, Bonn, Cologne, Freiburg, Munich and Regensburg.
Awarded the Gold Cross of Merit, The Order of Polonia Restituta, and the Medal of the Commission of National Education.
We lost a noble Human, an outstanding Scholar and an excellent academic Teacher, an Educator of many generations, always deeply committed to the matters of the University of Wrocław, the Department of Law, Administration and Economy and the Department of Substantive Criminal Law.
Translated by Julia Siwiec (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
Date of publication: 08.04.2026
Added by: EJK
