EU-Learning: Demokratie durch die Wirkung des Rechts - Auslandsbüro Baltische Staaten
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Die Mitgliedschaft der Baltischen Länder in der Europäischen Union feiert in diesem Jahr bereits ihren 4. Jahrestag. Durch den Vertrag von Athen, der am 1. Mai 2004 in Kraft trat, erfolgte die bislang größte Erweiterung der EU um zehn neue Staaten.
Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Riga veranstaltet in Zusammenarbeit mit der Riga Graduate School of Law (RGSL) eine Konferenz, an der ranghohe Rechtsgelehrte aus Lettland und Europa teilnehmen, um die bisherige Mitgliedschaft Lettlands in der Europäischen Union zu beleuchten. Unter anderem wird sich Herr Dr. Egils Levits, Richter am Europäischen Gerichtshof, mit einem Beitrag zur Entwicklung der Rechtsstaatlichkeit in der Europäischen Union in die Diskussion einbringen. Weiterhin soll darüber diskutiert werden, inwieweit bisher eine Anpassung der lettischen Gesetzgebung an das europäische Recht erfolgt ist und in welchem Ausmaß EU-Richtlinien und europäische Verordnungen die Politik Lettlands und dessen Demokratieverständnis beeinflussen.
Zum Programm:
EU-Learning: Demokratie durch die Wirkung des Rechts
4 Jahre EU-Mitgliedschaft Lettlands. 10 Jahre Riga Graduate School of Law
11.-12. April 2008
Conference language - English and Latvian (with simultaneous translation)
Friday, 11. April 2008
9.00 - 9.30
Registation
9.30 - 10.00
Opening of the Conference
H.E. Dr. Valdis Zatlers, President of the Republic of Latvia
Marcis Auzins, Rector of the University of Latvia
Andris Aukmanis, Director of the Soros Foundation of Latvia
Lesley Jane Smith, Rector of the Riga Graduate School of Law
I. The Incoming Tide – European Law and the New Member States
Moderator: Lesley Jane Smith, RGSL
10.00 - 10.25
Rule of Law in the European Union: Challenges and Responses
Egils Levits, Judge at the European Court of Justice
10.25 - 10.50
European Law Arguments in Internal and External Affairs of Latvia
Ineta Ziemele, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
10.50 - 11.15
Political and Social Implications of Rulings ot the European Court of Justice
Norbert Reich, Former RGSL Rector
11.15 - 12.00
Discussion with introductory comments by the moderator
12.00 - 13.30
Lunch
II. The Bulwarks - Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
Moderator: Egils Levits, Judge at the European Court of Justice
13.30 - 13.55
Rule of Law in the Post-Socialist Countries
Ivars Ijabs PhD, University of Latvia
13.55 - 14.20
Human Rights Reforms in the European Union
Johan Callewaert, Deputy Grand Chamber Registrar at the European Court of Human Rights
14.20 - 14.45
Human Rights Obligations of the European Union: Pressure or Leisure for Latvia?
Martins Mits, RGSL Lecturer
14.45 - 15.30
Discussion with introductory comments by the moderator
15.30 - 16.00
Coffee break
III. The Markets - Integrations through the Courts
Moderator: Esmeralda Balode-Buraka, Director of the European Court of Justice Department, Latvian Ministry of Justice
16.00 - 16.25
Integration Policy of the European Court of Justice
Anders Kruse, Former Swedish Government's Agent of the European Court of Justice
16.25 - 16.50
ECJ and the New Member States: Involvement in Proceedings and Impact on Domestic Law and Economies
Solvita Harbacevica, Legal Secretary of the Court of First Instance
16.50 - 17.15
Application of the European Union Law in Latvian Courts
Galina Zukova, RGSL Associate Professor
17.15 - 18.00
Discussion with introductory comments by the moderator
18.00 - 19.00
Reception at the Riga Graduate School of Law
adress by Andreas M. Klein M.A., Head of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation's regional office in Riga, and Professor Jan Ramberg, First Rector of the RGSL
Saturday, 12. April 2008
IV. The Borders - Immigration, Integration and Criminal Law
Moderator: Peter Gjortler, RGSL Acting Docent
9.00 - 9.25
Harmonisation of Criminal Law at the EU level
J.A.E. Vervaele, Professor at the University of Utrecht & at the College of Europe in Bruges
9.25 - 9.50
Challenges to the SIS szstem in Latvian courts
Kristine Strada-Rozenberga, Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Lativa
9.50 - 10.15
Implementation of Schengen Agreement in Latvia
Juris Gromovs, Consultant & RGSL Visiting Lecturer
10.15 - 11.00
Discussion with introductory comments by the moderator
11.00 - 11.30
Coffee
V. The Thrust - Common Foreign and Security Policy
Moderator: Ineta Ziemele, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
11.30 - 11.55
Towards More Integrated Foreign Policy of the European Union
Toms Rostoks, University of Latvia
11.55 - 12.20
The EU in charge: EU missions in Bosnia Hercegovina and Kosovo
Katrin Nyman Metcalf, Visiting Professor at the RGSL
12.20 - 12.45
Terrorism and the European Court of Justice
Kristine Kruma, Judge of the Latvian Constitutional Court
12.45 - 13.30
Discussion with introductory comments by the moderator
13.30 - 14.00
Closing comments and end of the conference
Lesley Jane Smith, RGSL Rector
Information und Anmeldung: Una Spēlmane-Baumane, (00371) 7 039 325, riga@adenauer.lv