Council of Europe

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Meetings of the regional and linguistic groups

• Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa – CCJA, Mme Laurinda JACINTO PRAZERES MONTEIRO CARDOSO, Présidente de la CJCA, Présidente de la Cour constitutionnel d’Angola
• Ibero-American Conference of Constitutional Justice – CIJC, Mr Milton RAY GUEVARA, President, Constitutional Court, Dominican Republic
• Eurasian Association of Constitutional Review Bodies, Mr Kairat Abdrazakuly MAMI, President, Constitutional Council, Kazakhstan
• Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions – AACC, Mr Namjil CHINBAT, President, Constitutional Court, Mongolia
• Southern African Chief Justices Forum – SACJF and Commonwealth Courts, Mr Peter SHIVUTE, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Namibia
• Association of Constitutional Courts using the French Language – ACCF, Ms Caroline PETILLON, Secretary General of ACCF, Head of External Affairs, Constitutional Council, France
• Conference of European Constitutional Courts – CECC, Ms Domnica MANOLE, President, Constitutional Court, Republic of Moldova
• Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils – UACCC, Mr Adel OMAR SHERIF, Vice-President, Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt
• Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries – CJCPLP,  Ms Lúcia Da LUZ RIBEIRO, President, Constitutional Council, Mozambique

Meeting of the Bureau of the World Conference, Chair: Ms Caroline PETILLON, Secretary General of ACCF, Head of External Affairs, Constitutional Council, France

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Opening Ceremony

Remarks:

Chair:  Mr. Omar BELHADJ, President of the Constitutional Court, Algeria
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Anwar USMAN, Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Indonesia (original English, French)
Discussant: Ms. Simina TANASESCU. Judge of the Constitutional Court, Romania (rev. 17/10/2022) (original English, French)
Rapporteur: Ms. Joana FERNANDES COSTA, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Portugal (original English, French)

Session B- Application

Chair: Mr. Kairat Mami, Chairman of the Constitutional Council, Kazakhstan
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Zühtü ARSLAN, President of the Constitutional Court, Turkey (original English, French)
Discussant:  Mr. Aldis LAVINS, President of the Constitutional Court, Latvia (rev. 14/10/2022) (original English, French)
Rapporteur: Mr. Nadir ELMOUMNI, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Morocco (rev. 18/10/2022) (English, original French)

Session C - Limitation of the Role of Constitutional Courts in Maintaining Peace

Chair: Mr. Adel Omar SHERIF, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Emil OSKONBAEV, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Kyrgyzstan (original English, French)
Discussant: Ms. Laurinda PRAZERES MONTEIRO CARDOSO, President of the Constitutional Court, Angola (English, French, original Portuguese)
Rapporteur:  Mr. Candido CONDE-PUMPIDO TOURON, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Spain (English, French, original Spanish)

Thursday, 6 October 2022

Session D - Fundamental Principles: The Protection of Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law as a
Pre-Condition to Peace

Chair: Mr. Milton Ray Guevara, President of the Constitutional Court, the Dominican Republic
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Namseok YOO, President of the Constitutional Court, Korea (original English, French)
Discussant: Ms. Lúcia da LUZ RIBEIRO, President of the Constitutional Council, Mozambique (rev. 17/10/2022) (English, French, original Portuguese)
Rapporteur: Mr. Farhad ABDULLAYEV, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Azerbaijan (rev. 14/10/2022) (original English, French)

Session E - Stocktaking on the Independence of the Member Courts
(Member Courts only; reports available in the Venice Forum)

Chair: Mr. Christoph GRABENWARTER, President of the Constitutional Court of Austria
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Silvana SCIARRA, President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Discussant: Mr. Palan MULONDA, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Zambia
Rapporteur: Ms. Danutė JOCIENE, President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania