Joint-Meeting with the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights

 

“MUTUAL RECOGNITION”

&

“HORIZONTAL COOPERATION”

&

“PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS”

Helsinki City Hall

Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13

00099 Helsinki

 

Agenda

FRIDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER

 

Joint Chair: Mr Geert Corstens, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands and President of the Network

Mr Vassilios Skouris, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Mr Dean Spielmann, President of the European Court of Human Rights

 

9.00–12.30            Opening – Presidents Corstens, Skouris and Spielmann

 

Session I – “Mutual Recognition: Vertical Cooperation (National/International Courts)”

 

- Mutual Recognition in Civil Matters: Ms Nina Betetto, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Slovenia

 

- Mutual Recognition in Criminal Matters: Mr Branko Hrvatin, President of the Supreme Court of Croatia

 

“Horizontal Cooperation (International Courts)”

 

- View point of CJUE: Mr Koen Lenaerts, Vice-President

 

- View point of ECtHR: Ms Angelika Nußberger, Judge

 

14.30–16.00           Session II – “Protection of Fundamental Rights: The European Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights”

 

- Mr Klaus Tolksdorf, President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany

 

- View point of ECtHR: Mr Dean Spielmann, President of the ECtHR – “Adhesion of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights”

 

- View point of CJUE: Mr Allan Rosas, President of the Chamber