P R O G R A M M E
of the IX Yerevan International Conference
dedicated to the fundamental issues of constitutional justice
on
 "The ensuring of the principle of the rule of law in the practice of constitutional justice".
(Yerevan, 15 - 16 October 2004)

13-15 October

 

Arrival of participants and their accommodation at the hotel.

14 October
(Thursday)

19.00

Meeting in the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia

15 October
(Friday)

9.30 - 10.00

Opening of the IX Yerevan International Conference – Picasso Hall, Hotel "Congress"
Opening speeches:
by Mr Gagik HARUTYUNYAN, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, Member of the Venice Commission
by Mr. Arthur BAGHDASSARYAN, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
by Mr. Andras BAKA, judge of the European Court of Human Rights
by Mr. Gianni BUQUICCHIO, Secretary of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

1 Meeting
Chaired Mr Gianni BUQUICCHIO, Secretary of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

09.30 - 10.30 Report: "The principle of the rule of law as the guarantee of constitutional democracy" (in Armenian)
Mr. Gagik Harutyunyan, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, Member of the Venice Commission
 Report: "The principle of the rule of law in the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation"
(in Russian)
Mr. Valery Zorkin, President of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
 Report: "Human rights and judiciary: European dimensions"
Mr. Andras Baka, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

Discussion of the reports
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break

2 Meeting
Chaired Mr Valery ZORKIN, President, Constitutional Court, the Russian Federation

11.00 - 12.30 Report: "Evolution and the project of the Constitution of the European Union" (in French)
Mr. Pierre Joxe, Member of the Constitutional Council of France
 Report: "The rule of law state in the practice of the Constitutional Court of Andorra" (in French)
Mr. Francois Luchaire, Former President of the Constitutional Court of Andorra, Member of the Venice Commission
 Report: "The rule of law state in the practice of the Constitutional Court of Portugal" (in French)
Mr. Jose de Sousa e Brito, former judge of the Constitutional Court of Portugal, Professor of New University of Lisbon

 Discussion of the reports
12.00 - 12.30 Coffee break

3 Meeting
Chaired Mrs Eliška WAGNEROVÁ, Deputy Chief Justice, Constitutional Court, Czech Republic, Member of the Venice Commission

12.30 - 13.30 Report: "The implementation of the principle of the rule of law in the activity of Constitutional Court of the Ukraine"
(in Russian)
Mr. Nikolai Selivon, President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (he did not participate, but his report was distributed)
Report: "Judges versus legislators: the Greek solution" (in English)
Mrs. Evangelia Nika-Manoukian, Judge of the Supreme Court of Greece
Report: "Parliament and the formation of legal democracy"
Mrs. Hranush Hakobyan, Chair of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia
Report: "The principle of the rule of law in the case-law of the European Court" (in Russian)
Mrs. Alvina Gyulumyan, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

 Discussion of the reports
13.30 -15.00 Lunch break

4 Meeting
Chair – Mr. Francois LUCHAIRE, Former President of the Constitutional Court of Andorra, Member of the Venice Commission

15.00 - 16.30

Report: "Constitutional parameters of the principle of the rule of law" (in Russian)
Mrs. Alina Yanuchenko, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Moldova
Report: "Rule of law state in the doctrine of the Constitutional Court of Slovak Republic"
Mr. Lubomir Dobrik, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovakia
Report: "The ensuring of the direct acting of the constitutional norms in the realization of constitutional justice"
Mrs. Khursheda Kamilova, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Tajikistan
 Report: "Necessary institutional-constitutional and legislative guarantees for ensuring the principle of the rule of law in Romania"
Mr. Gabor Kozsokar, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Romania

Discussion of the reports

16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break
18.00 - 19.00 Meeting with Mr. Andranik Margaryan, Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
19.30 Official reception on behalf of the Constitutional Court of the RA in honour of the participants of the IX Yerevan International Conference

5 Meeting
Chaired by Mr. Egidijus Kuris, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania

12.00 - 13.30 Report: "The constitutional-legal fundaments of the limitation of human rights and freedoms according to the legislation of Republic of Belarus"
 Mr. Grigory Vasilevitch, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus
Report: "The criteria of limitation of human rights. the practice of Spanish Constitutional Court"
 Mr. Miguel Angel Montańés Pardo, Representative of the Constitutional Court of Spain
Report: "National and European law on human rights, mutual subordination and limitation of synergy"
 Mr. Ciril Ribičič, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia
 Report: "Human rights in the judicial practice of the greek Supreme Administrative Court (Symvoulion Epikratias). Protection and Limits"
 Mr. Nicolas Douvas, Councillor of the State of Greece

 Discussion of the reports
13.30 - 14.00 Summary of the seminar
14.00 - 15.00 Lunch break
16.00 Cultural programme
19.30 Reception in honour of the guests

16 October
(Saturday)

08.00 - 09.00 - Breakfast
- Visit to the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin
- Excursion to the sightseeing of Yerevan

5 Meeting
Chaired Mrs. Liljana INGILIZOVA-RISTOVA, President of the Constitutional Court of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"

09.00 - 10.30 Report: "The rule of law state in the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic"
 Mrs. Eliška Wagnerová, Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Czech Republic, Member of the Venice Commission
Report: "The principle of supremacy of law in the practice of the Bulgarian Constitutional Court"
 Mr. Lasar Gruev, Professor, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Bulgaria
Report: "Principles of the democratic state governed by the rule of law in the jurisprudential practice of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal"
 Mr. Jerzy Stepien, Judge of the Constitutional Tribunal of Poland
Discussion of the reports
10.30 - 11.30 Coffee break

5 Meeting
Chaired Mr. Gagik HARUTYUNYAN, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia, Member of the Venice Commission

09.00 - 10.30

Report: "The principle of the rule of law in the practice of the Constitutional Court of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (in English)
Mrs. Liljana Ingilizova-Ristova, President of the Constitutional Court of "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia"
Report: "The principle of supremacy of the Constitution in the doctrine of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania"
 Mr. Armanas Abramavičius, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania

Discussion of the reports

Report: "Realization of the principle of rule of law in the practice of constitutional justice"
 Mrs. Ksenia Kenik, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus
Report: "The principles of rule of law in the decisions of the Hungarian Constitutional Court"
Mr. Istvan Bagi, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Hungary (he did not participate, but his report was distributed)

Discussion of the reports

Summary of the results of the discussions
Mr Valery Zorkin, President of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

Summary of the conference
by Mr Gagik Harutyunyan, President, Constitutional Court, Republic of Armenia, Member of the Venice Commission
by Mr Gianni Buquicchio, Secretary of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe
12.30 - 15.00 Lunch break
16.00 - 17.00 Visit to "Matenadaran", Institute of old manuscripts after M. Mashtots
17.00 - 19.00 Visit to the Pagan Temple "Garni" and "Geghard".
19:30

Farewell dinner

17 October
(Sunday)

08.00 Breakfast
09.00 - 18.00 Excursion to Sevan, Dilijan, Haghartsin.

16 - 18 October

  Departure of delegations

Official languages of the Seminar are:
Armenian, English, French and Russian.