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" |
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) |
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)
Report: "Realization of the principle
of rule of law in the practice of constitutional justice" Summary of the results of the discussions
Summary of the conference |
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.