EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR "DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW" OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
"THE CONFERENCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BODIES OF THE STATES OF NEW DEMOCRACY" INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
CONSTITUIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
P R O G R A M M E
VI YEREVAN INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR "GUARANTEES OF INDEPENDENCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE AND INFLUENCE OF DECISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ON PUBLIC PRACTICE" 5-6 OCTOBER 2001 YEREVAN
3-4 October
Arrival of participants of the Seminar in Yerevan, accommodation in the Hotel
"Ani".
4 October
(Thursday)
20.00 - Meeting of members of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia and the guests (hall of Hotel " Ani").
5 October
(Friday)
09.00 -10.00 - Breakfast.
10.00 -10.30 - Opening of VI Yerevan International Seminar.
Opening speech. Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan,
President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
Greeting speeches.
1 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Marat Baglay, President of the Constitutional Court of the
Russian Federation.
10.30 -12.00 - Report: "Constitutional
Justice, independence of the actors and independence of the function".
Reporter: Mr. Jean Pierre Massias. Council of Europe expert.
Professor at the University of Clermont Ferrand.
Questions, discussion.
Report: "The Constitutional Justice and
public practice in Russia".
Reporter: Mr. Nicolai Vitrouk,
Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation.
Questions, discussion.
12.00 -12.30 - Coffee break.
2 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Christos Giakoumopoulos, Deputy Secretary of the Venice Commission
12.30 -14.00 - Report: "Methodological
bases of independence of constitutional justice".
Reporter: Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional
Court of the Republic of Armenia.
Questions, discussion.
Report: "The impact of Constitutional Justice
and it's independence in the society".
Reporter: Mr. Hans-Georg Heinrich,
Council of Europe expert, Professor of political sciences (Vienna).
Questions, discussion.
14.00 -15.30 - Lunch break.
3 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Nikolay Selivon, Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court
of the Ukraine
15.30 -17.00 - Report:
"Independence and Effectiveness of the decision of the Constitutional Court
of the Republic of Uzbekistan".
Reporter: Mr. Bahodir Eszonov,
President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Questions, discussion.
Report: "Mechanism of implementation of
the Constitutional Court decisions of the Republic of Belarus".
Reporter: Mr. Alexander Maryskin,
Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus.
Questions, discussion.
Report: " Judicial independence and judicial
review of the constitutionality of laws: Constitutional Guarantees and Public
Practice in Greece".
Reporter: Mr. Michalis Pikramenos, Associate Councillor,
Council of State of Greece.
Questions, discussion.
18.00 - Visit to the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin.
20.30 - Reception of participants of the Seminar on behalf of Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia (in the National Art Gallery of the Republic of Armenia).
6 October
(Saturday)
4 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Bahodir Eszonov, President of the Constitutional Court of
the Republic of Uzbekistan.
09.00 -10.00 - Breakfast.
10.00- 11.30 - Report: "Problems
of implementation of the Constitutional Court acts in the Republic of Armenia"
.
Reporter: Mr. Felix Tokhyan,
Member of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia.
Questions, discussion.
Report: "The role of Constitutional Justice
in a society in transition: experience and problems of 5-years activity of the
Constitutional Court of the Ukraine"
Reporter: Mr. Nikolay Selivon,
Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional
Court of the Ukraine. Questions, discussion.
11.30- 12.00 -Coffee break.
5 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional Court of
the Republic of Armenia
12.00 -13.30 - Report:
"The guarantees of independence of the Italian Constitutional Court".
Reporter: Mr. Annibale Marini, Judge of the Constitutional
Court of Italy.
Questions, discussion.
Report: "The guarantees of independence
of Constitutional Justice and influence of Constitutional Justice on Criminal
Procedure".
Reporter: Mr. Asilbek Kenensariev,
Secretary of the Constitutional Court of Kyrgyz Republic.
Questions, discussion.
13.30 -14.00 - Summary of the Seminar.
14.00 - 15.30 - Lunch break.
17.00 - Visit to the Church complex "Khor Virap".
20.00 -Supper.
7 October
(Sunday)
09.00 - Breakfast.
10.30 - Visit to the "Tsitsemakaberd", Memorial to the Victims of Armenians Genocide of 1915.
11.30 - Cultural programme
-"Matenadaran".
- Visit to the Cathedral of St. Gregory Illuminator
in Yerevan.
- Visit to "Garni", "Geghard".
7-8 October
Departures of the delegations.
The official languages of
the Seminar:
Armenian, English, Russian