CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
 
 

PROGRAMME
 
 

YEREVAN FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR

"EFFICIENCY OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE IN A SOCIETY IN TRANSITION (FUNCTIONAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND PROCEDURAL ASPECTS)
 
 
 

6-7 OCTOBER 2000
YEREVAN










4-6 October
Arrival of the participants of the seminar in Yerevan, accommodation in the hotel "Hrazdan'.

6 October
(Friday)

10.00 - 10.30 Opening of the seminar.

Opening speech.
Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.

Greeting speech.
Mr. Andranik Markaryan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia.

Greeting speech.
Mr. Serguei Kouznetsov, Representative of the European Commission for Democracy through Law.

1 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan,
President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia

10.30 - 11.30
Report: "Democratic transition in Spain and the Constitutional Court".
Reporter: Mr. Julio Gonzales Garcia, Council of Europe expert.
Questions, discussion.

Report: "Problems of increasing of the efficiency of the Constitutional procedure in the Russian Federation".
Reporter: Mr. Gonadiy Jilin, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
Questions, discussion.

11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break.

2 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Avtondil Demetrashvili,
President of the Constitutional Court of Georgia.

12.00 - 13.30
Report: "Execution of decisions of the Constitutional Court of Germany".
Reporter: Ms. Susanne Walter, Council of Europe expert.
Questions, discussion.

Report: 'Problems of interpretation of the Constitution and laws by the Constitutional Court of the Ukraine".
Reporter: Mr. Vladimir Tikhiy, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Ukraine.
Questions, discussion.

Report: "Problems of efficiency of constitutional jurisdiction in the Republic of Moldova".
Reporter: Mr. Nikolai Kisseev, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova.
Questions, discussion.

13.30 - 15.00 Break.

3 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Serguei Kouznetsov,
Representative of the Venice Commission.

15.00 - 16.30
Report: "Actual problems of perfection of the Constitutional justice system in a society in transition: example of the Republic of Armenia".
Reporter: Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
Questions, discussion.

Report: "Implementation of decisions of the Constitutional Court of Czech Republic"
Reporter: Mr. Vojen Guttler, Council of Europe expert.
Questions. discussion.

Report: "Particularities of the Constitutional procedure in the Republic of Kazakhstan".
Reporter: Mr. Nikolal Akuev, Acting President of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Questions, discussion.

17.30
Visit to Garni, Gaghard

20.00
Supper.

7 October
(Saturday)

4 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Nikolai Akuev,
Acting President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

10.00 - 12.00
Report: "Problems of Efficiency of the Constitutional justice: From the practice of the Constitutional Court of Georgia"
Reporter: Mr. Avtondil Demetrashvili, President of the Constitutional Court of Georgia.
Questions, discussion.

Report: From experience of the Constitutional Court of Slovak Republic
Reporter: Mr. Stefan Ogurcak, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovak Republic.
Questions, discussion.

Report: "New approaches in the activity of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus".
Reporter: Mr. Valentin Shuldin, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus.
Questions, discussion.

Report: "Issues on the Constitutional justice in the Republic of Belarus".
Reporter: Mrs. Valentina Podgrusha, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus.
Questions, discussion.

Report: "Some issues on Constitutional procedure".
Reporter: Mr. Mikael Sevyan, Member of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
Questions, discussion.

12.00 - 12 30 Coffee break.

5 Meeting
Leading by Mr. Gagik Hatutyunyan,
President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia

12.30 - 13.30 Round Table.
Theme: "The role of and the perspectives of the international cooperation in the field of Constitutional justice".

13.30 - 15.00 Break.

15.00
Meeting in the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.

18.00
Visit to "Kotayk" Brewery.

19.00
Farewell supper.