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                      EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW

 

 

 

Workshop on the Constitutional Court

of the Republic of Azerbaijan

 

Baku, 4-5 December 1997

 

 

organised by the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan

and the Venice Commission

 

with the support of the Constitutional and Legislative

Policy Institute (COLPI)

 

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P R O G R A M M E

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, 3 December 1997

 

Arrival of international participants with Lufthansa from Frankfurt (departure 13.00 - arrival 20.35)

 

Thursday, 4 December 1997

 

Morning session chaired by Mr. Khanlar Hadjiyev, Chairman, Supreme Court, Baku, Azerbaijan

 

9.30                 Opening

                        Mr. Khanlar Hadjiyev, Chairman, Supreme Court, Baku, Azerbaijan, Member of the Venice Commission

                        Mr Antonio La Pergola, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, President of the Venice Commission

                        Mr. Marat Baglay, Chairman, Constitutional Court, Moscow, Russian Federation

 

10.00               The new law on the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan

                        Mr. S. Mirzoyev, Chief of the Administration of the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of the Azerbaijan Republic

 

                        Discussion

 

                        Judicial independence - a necessary precondition for the work of a Constitutional Court

                        Mr Armando Marques Guedes, Former President of the Constitutional Court, Lisbon, Portugal, Member of the Venice Commission

 

                        Discussion

 

                        The importance of the individual complaint to the Constitutional Court

                        Mr. Giorgio Malinverni, Professor at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, Member of the Venice Commission

 

                        Mr. Fuad Aleskerov, Chief of the State Law Department of the Presidential Administration of the Azerbaijan Republic

 

                        Discussion

 

12.30               Lunch

 

Afternoon session chaired by Antonio La Pergola, President of the Venice Commission, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities

 

14.30               Ways of implementing the law on the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan

                        Mr. Shahin Aliyev, Chief of the Legislative Issues and Legal Expertise Department of the Presidential Office

 

                        Discussion

 

                        The relationship of the Constitutional court to courts of ordinary jurisdiction

                        Mr. Gadis Gadzhjiev, Judge, Constitutional Court, Moscow, Russian Federation

 

                        Mr. Khanlar Hadjiyev, Chairman, Supreme Court, Baku, Azerbaijan, Member of the Venice Commission

 

                        Discussion

 

 

 

Friday, 5 December 1997

 

Morning session chaired by Mr Armando Marques Guedes,  Former President of the Constitutional Court, Lisbon, Portugal, Member of the Venice Commission

 

 

10.00               Establishing procedures - requirements of the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan

                        Mr. Namig Aliyev, Chief of the State Construction Legislation Department of the Administration of the Milli Mejlis (Parliament)

 

                        Discussion

 

                        Effective case-management and smooth procedure - a requirement for the fundamental right to access to courts

                        Mr. Peter Paczolay, Secretary General, Constitutional Court, Budapest, Hungary, Liason officer with the Venice Commission

 

                        Discussion

 

                        Effects and implementation of decisions by the Constitutional Court

                       

                        Mr. Avtandil Demetrashvili, President of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, Member of the Venice Commission

 

                        Discussion

 

12.30               Lunch

 

Afternoon session chaired by Mr. Avtandil Demetrashvili, President of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, Member of the Venice Commission

 

14.30               Round table - The role of the Constitutional Court in a State Ruled by Law

                        Moderated by Mr. Antonio La Pergola, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, President of the Venice Commission

                       

16.30               Closure

                        Mr. Khanlar Hadjiyev, Chairman, Supreme Court, Baku, Azerbaijan, Member of the Venice Commission

                        Mr. Antonio La Pergola, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Communities, President of the Venice Commission

 

Saturday, 6 December

 

Departure of international participants with Lufthansa to Frankfurt (departure 4.35 - arrival 6.45)