Democracy vs security: a tale of gain and loss | Anastassia Tsoukala | TEDxThessaloniki

Описание: In a powerful speech, Anastasia Tsoukala examines citizens’ troubled relationship with the police. With examples concerning the abuse of power by police officers, she attempts to make us think of what we would be prepared to sacrifice in return for our security.

She paints a gloomy picture of the dire consequences of an unchecked police force and highlights its systematic refusal to perform its duty, while transforming from an integral part of the justice mechanism to its dreadful enemy.

She argues that when institutions have failed, only citizens can provide the solution and asks whether we would be prepared to do something about it, while urging us to demand our constitutional right to live in a well-governed state.

(Video edited by: Pnevma Productions)

Anastassia Tsoukala was born in Athens. She studied Law in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and received her post-graduate degree in Sorbonne. She is an Assistant Professor of Criminology at the University of Paris, a researcher in Sorbonne and a member of the Athens Bar Association. She has served as counselor and expert in both European and Greek Institutions. She has been a member of the National Commission for Human Rights. She applies herself to the examination of different social control forms and the process of drafting and legitimizing security policies, in order to showcase their conflicts with the rule of law and human rights. During the last years, her academic work has been enriched by a wealth of articles in the Greek press.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx