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Agenda

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

09:15 - 09:30- Registration of the participants.

09:30 - 09:45- Welcome and opening speech.

Stefanie Ricarda Roos, Director, Rule of Law Program South East Europe, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)

09:45 - 10:15- Welcome and introduction to the seminar.

First distribution and filling out of the questionnaire.

Dana Cigan, Judge, Oradea Court of Appeal; SoJust member

10:15 - 10:45- Impartiality and the appearance of impartiality in the rulings of

the European Court of Human Rights

Cristi Danileţ, Judge; SoJust member

10:45 - 11:15- Effects of “Pressure Factors” on Judges’ Activity: Manners to Avoid and Prevent Them.

Dana Cigan

11:15 - 11:45- Discussion

Moderator: Cristi Danileţ

11:45 - 12:00- Coffee/Tea Break

12:00 - 12:30- De Iure and De Facto Protection of Judicial Independence in

Germany.

Christian Schmitz-Justen, Judge, Court of Appeal Cologne, Germany

12:30 - 13:00- Discussion

Moderator: Stefanie Ricarda Roos

13:00 - 14:00- Buffet

14:00 - 14:40- Perspective from the point of view of the Ministry of Justice

Cristian Anghel, Prosecutor; Deputy Director, Department for the Relation with the General Prosecutor's Office and Prevention of Crime and Corruption, Ministry of Justice

14:40 - 15:10- Discussion

Moderator: Cristi Danileţ

15:10 - 15:20- Case Studies: Presentation of and Introduction to the Case Studies.

Dana Cigan

15:20 - 16:00- Case Studies: Workshop

Participants will be divided in groups and asked to examine the cases. Coffee break included.

16:00 - 16:40- Case Studies: Presentation of Results and Discussion.

Moderators: Cristi Danileţ and Dana Cigan

16:40 - 17:00- Introduction to the purpose and use of the questionnaire.

Second distribution and filling out of the questionnaire.

Dana Cigan

17:00 - 17:30- Final remarks.

Cristi Danileţ

Stefanie Ricarda Roos

-End of the seminar-