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Objective
A
principle common to all European countries, guaranteed both by Article 6
of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and
Fundamental Freedoms and by Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental
Rights of the European Union, the independence of the judiciary remains
the subject of important debates and numerous reports, whether at the
level of the Council of Europe and its Consultative Council of European
Judges (CCJE), of the Member States or international and national
associations of judges.
In particular, the Bureau of the CCJE
presented in 2016 a report with its counterpart prosecutors on "
Challenges for judicial independence and impartiality in the Member
States of the Council of Europe".
In the framework of the
traditional partnership between the French Court of Cassation and the
Academy of European Law (ERA), we are honoured to announce this
international symposium on judicial independence. It is the final part
of the circle of jubilee activities launched by ERA to commemorate its
25th anniversary.
Aiming to place the issue in the diversity of
challenges to judicial decision-making, this colloquium will gather
judges, lawyers and academics from all over Europe and, more broadly,
citizens and members of civil society from the European Union.
Key topics
- Judicial independence: a critical analysis of the concept
- Judicial independence in the Member States of the Council of Europe and the European Union
- The independence of judges as the basis of the rule of law: the cases of Poland, Hungary and Turkey
- Respect of the rule of law as a precondition for judicial cooperation in the European Union
- Control of the judiciary by the executive (or parliament) vs. self-management of the justice system
- Responsibility and tools of the lawyer to make judicial independence effective
- Access points for possible infringements of judicial independence
Who should attend?
Members
of the judiciary and national and international associations of judges;
Councils of the judiciary; lawyers in private practice, national and
international bar associations; NGOs and international and European
organisations defending Human Rights and the Rule of law.
There is no participation fee but registration is necessary.
Please kindly note that the travel and hotel expenses must be borne by the participants themselves.