Details

Live coverage of the conference will be available on the city website: www.gdansk.pl

The Conference is organized by:

The City of Gdansk and the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland

with the support of: Konrad Adenauer Foundation

Programme of the conference

Conference venue: Dwór Artusa (Długi Targ 39/40)

11.00 - 12.00 Welcoming address

Paweł Adamowicz - Mayor of Gdansk

prof. Andrzej Rzeplinski - President of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland

prof. Koen Lenaerts - President of the Court of Justice of the European Union

prof. Andrzej Zoll former President of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland

prof. Małgorzata Gersdorf - President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Poland

Gianni Buquicchio - President the Venice Commission

Pavel Rychetsky, Ph.D. - President of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic

prof. Dainius Zalimas - President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania

Aldis Lavins - President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia

Alexandru Tanase, Ph.D. - President of the Constitutional Court of Moldova

prof. Yurii Baulin - Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine

Conference moderator: prof. Jerzy Zajadto, Univeristy of Gdansk

12.00 - 13.30 Part 1

Origins of judicial review of constitutionality of law in Poland

prof. Andrzej Szmyt, University of Gdansk

Constitutional Tribunal as a co-creator of basic rights and freedom in the process of transformation to rule of law System

prof. Wojciech Łączkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, former judge of the Constitutional Tribunal

Poland in the European Union in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Tribunal

prof. Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union

The Tribunal as a guardian of territorial self-government

prof. Leon Kieres, judge of the Constitutional Tribunal

Property rights as a constitutional value

prof. Ewa Łętewska, Institute of Law Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, former judge of the Constitutional Tribunal

13.30 - 14.00 Coffee break

14:00 - 16.30 Part 2

The Tribunal as a guardian of free election and Democracy_

prof. Ryszard Piotrowski, University of Warsaw

The Constitutional Tribunal as a guardian of the rule of law in the system based on the separation of power

prof. Tomasz Pietrzykowski, University of Silesia in Katowice

The Tribunal as a guardian of a market economy

prof. Jerzy Ciapata, University of Szczecin

The Tribunal as a guardian of citizen's freedom from fear of poverty

prof. Teresa Liszcz, Maria Curie-Sktodowska University in Lublin, former judge of the Constitutional Tribunal

Citizen's freedom from fear of his/hers state

prof. Mirostaw Wyrzykowski, University of Warsaw, former judge of the Constitutional Tribunal

16.30-17.45 Dinner for conference participants

18.00 -19.30 An open panel discussion

Constitutional Courts as Guardians of citizens' freedom from fear of her/his state

Location: Wielka Sala Wety Ratusza Gtownego Miasta (ul. Długa 46)

Panelists:

Paweł Adamowicz - Mayor of Gdansk

prof. Andrzej Rzeplinski - President of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland

Waldemar Żurek, speaker of the Polish National Council of the Judiciary

Prof. Jerzy Zajadło, University of Gdansk