Strasbourg, 3 March 2004	CDL-JU(2004)039prog

 

                                                             

 

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW

(VENICE COMMISSION)

 

in co-operation with

the Constitutional court of azerbaijan

 

 

INTERNATIONAL LEGAL TRAINING WORKSHOP   Improving Examination Methods of Individual Complaints Effective Case Management Effective Decision Drafting     Baku, 26-27 February 2004   PROGRAMME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday, 26 February 2004 – Examinations methods of individual complaints

 

 

14:00 – 18:00             First Session - Dealing with individual complaints

 

14:00 – 14:30              Welcome speech and presentation by the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan of its organisation

 

Mr. Farhad Abdullayev, Chairman, Constitutional Court, Azerbaijan

Ms. Caroline Martin, Secretariat of the VeniceCommission

 

14:30-15:00                Coffee break

 

15:00 – 15:45              Mrs. Elke Luise Barnstedt, Secretary General, Federal Constitutional Court,   Germany

                                    “Administrative assistance in dealing with proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfassungsgericht), with particular reference to constitutional complaint proceedings”

                                    (CDL-JU(2004)026)

 

Discussion

 

16:15 - 17:00              Mr. Bakhtyar Tuzmukhamedov, Senior Counsellor at the Constitutional Court, Russian Federation

“Dealing with Individual Complaints: Experience of the Russian Constitutional Court” (CDL-JU(2004)027)

 

                                   Discusion

                                  

17:30                           End of the first session

 

 

Friday, 27 February 2004 – Effective case management –Effective decision drafting

 

 

10:00 – 12:30             First Session –  Effective life cycle of a case

 

10:00 – 10:45              Mr. Arne Mavcic, Constitutional Court, Slovenia

                                               “The Constitutional Complaint” (CDL-JU(2004)029)

 

Discussion

 

11:15 – 12:00              Mr. Rik Ryckeboer, Refendar, Court of Arbitration, Belgium

                                   “How cases are dealt with in practice in the  Belgian Court of Arbitration” (CDL-JU(2004)025)

 

Discussion

 

12:30                           Lunch

 

Mr. Jan Klucka, Judge, Constitutional Court, Slovakia
“Effective Life Cycle of a Case. The experience of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia” (CDL-JU(2004)028)

 

Discussion

 

15:45                           Coffee break

 

 

16.15 – 17.30              Second Session – Cases studies, tips for Constitutional Courts facing the recent introduction of individual complaints.

16:15 – 16:30             

Mrs. Dzintra Pededze, Constitutional Court, Latvia

“Consequences within the Constitutional Court of Latvia of the introduction of individual complaints” (CDL-JU(2004)030)

 

16:30 – 17:30              Case studies – Tips

 

Mrs. Elke Luise Barnstedt, Secretary General, Constitutional Court, Germany

Mr. Jan Klucka, Judge, Constitutional Court, Slovakia
Mr. Arne Mavcic, Constitutional Court, Slovenia

Mrs. Dzintra Pededze, Constitutional Court, Latvia

Mr. Rick Ryckeboer, Refendar, Court of Arbitration, Belgium

Mr. Bakhtyar Tuzmukhamedov, Senior Counsellor, Constitutional Court, Russian Federation

 

Discussion

 

17.30                           Closing remarks

 

Mr. Aladdin Soultanov, Judge, Constitutional Court, Azerbaijan

Ms. Caroline Martin, Secretariat of the Venice Commission