EUROPEAN COMMISSION "FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW" OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CONFERENCE OF ORGANS OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROL OF THE COUNTRIES OF YOUNG DEMOCRACY CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA CENTER OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
PROGRAMME
10th JUBILEE YEREVAN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
DEDICATED TO THE 10 YEARS OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA AND FORMATION OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
ON
"THE LEGAL PRINCIPLES AND POLITICAL REALITY IN EXERCISE OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROL"
YEREVAN 2005
29:09-02:10
28-29 September
Arrival of the participants of the
Conference to Yerevan
Accommodation at the "Golden Palace "
Hotel
29 September
(Thursday)
10.00-21.00 Registration of the guests
14.00-18.00 Cultural Program
19.00 - Reception of the participants of the conference (in "Golden Palace" Hotel)
30 September
(Friday)
09.00-10.00 Continuation of registration of the participants of the conference
10.00-10.30 Opening of the 10th Yerevan International Conference at the hall of the "Golden Palace" Hotel
Opening speech
by G. Harutyunyan - President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia
Greeting speech
by R. Kocharyan - President of the Republic of Armenia
by G. Buquicchio - Secretary of the Venice Commission of Council o Europe
by L. Wildhaber - President of European Court of Human Rights
by Ch. Saunders - President of International Association of Constitutional Law
10.30-10.35 Break
1st Session
10.35-13.30
Chaired by Ch. Saunders
President of International Association
of Constitutional Law
Discussion issue:
"Correlation
of Constitutional Court with other branches of power and international courts"
Reports
Marek Safjan
President of the Constitutional Tribunal
of Poland
"Responsibility of the public power as
a standard of rule of law state" (French)
Pierre Mazeaud
President of the Constitutional Council
of France,
"The role of non-legal arguments in the
Constitutional Court decisions" (French)
Valery Zorkin
President of the Constitutional Court
of the Russian Federation
"Protection of constitutional grounds
of public power and political rights of citizens in the practice of Constitutional
Court of Russia" (Russian)
11.30-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-13.30 Continuation of presentations
Miroslaw Wirzykowski
Member of Constitutional Tribunal of
Poland, member of IACL
"The execution of Constitutional Court
decisions (Engl.)
Jan Mazak
President of the Constitutional Court
of Slovenia
"Reform laws in proceedings before the
Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic"(Russian)
John Khetsuriani
President of the Constitutional Court
of Georgia
"Importance of European Court of Human
Rights precedent law for the National law" (Russian)
Gregory Vasilevich
President of the Constitutional Court
of Belarus
"Constitutional Legitimacy: The general
goal of the Constitutional Court and bodies of state power" (Russian)
Speeches, statements, discussion of the reports (according to claims)
13.30-15.00- Lunch Break
2nd
Session
15.00-17.00
Chaired by Mr. Prierre Mazeaud
President of the Constitutional Council
of France
Discussion issue:
"Political
problems in the practice of constitutional justice"
Reports
Guido Neppi Modona
Vice-President of the Constitutional
Court of Italy
"Constitutional Justice and politics in
the Italian experience" (English)
Didier Maus
First Vice-President of IACL, judge of
the Constitutional Court of Andorra
"Role of the Constitutional Courts in
the solutions of political crisis" (French)
Claude Klein
Chairman of IACL round tables and commissions
of world congresses
"The Supreme Court of Israel: the paradigm
for a court in maelstrom of politics" (English)
Berit Aaviksoo
Advisor of the Constitutional Court of
Estonia
"Political" decision-making in the practice
of the Supreme Court of Estonia" (English)
Speeches, statements, discussion of the reports (according to claims)
16.00-19.00 Participation of the definite members of the conference in the round table discussions dedicated to the reforms in the RA Constitution (by a separate program)
17.00-20.00 Free time
20.00 - Official reception
01 October
(Saturday)
3rd
Session
09.00-13.00
Chaired by Mr. Valery Zorkin
President of the Constitutional Court
of the Russian Federation
Discussion issue:
"The problems
of constitutional development and constitutional justice in the countries in
transition"
Reports
Aivaris Endzins
President of the Constitutional Court
of Latvia
"Implementation of the principle of a
legal complaint and the circumstances of public political transformation" (English)
Vladimir Shapoval
Vice-President of the Constitutional
Court of Ukraine
"The main tendencies of development of
constitutionalism in the post-soviet countries"(Russian)
Tigran Torossyan
Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly
of the Republic of Armenia
"The role of the constitutional processes
in post-soviet transformation " (Armenian)
10.00-11.00 Coffee break
11.00-13.00 Continuation of reports
Gagik Harutyunyan
President of the Constitutional Court
of Armenia
"Certain legal-political deformations
of constitutionalism in the reforming social systems" (Armenian)
Doumitrou Pulbere
Judge of the Constitutional Court of
Moldova
"Official interpretation of the Constitution
by the Constitutional Court: Legal necessity and political consequences" (Russian)
13.00-14.30- Lunch Break
4th
Session
14.30 18.00
Chaired by Mr. G. Buquicchio
Secretary of the Venice Commission of
the Council of Europe
Discussion issue:
"Disputes
and solutions over a set of laws"
Summarization of the
work of the Conference
Reports
Cheryl Saunders
President of International Association
of Constitutional Law
"Disputes over social and economical rights:
law, politics and money"
Zvonko Fiser
Judge of the Constitutional Court of
Slovenia
"The importance of constitutional complaint
to ensure fair proceedings of criminal cases" (English)
Ilma Cepane
Judge of the Constitutional Court of
Latvia
"The right to a faire court as one of
the most important legal principles for resolution of constitutional control"
(Russian)
16.00-16.30 Coffee Break
Speeches, statements, discussion of the reports (according to claims)
17.30-18.00 Chaired by Ch. Saunders, P.
Mazeaud, V. Zorkin and G Buquicchio -
Summarization of the results of discussions
19.00 - Cultural programme, farewell dinner
02 October
(Sunday)
08.00-09.00 Breakfast
09.00-18.00 Cultural programme (Excursion to the sightseeing of Armenia at participants' choice)
Sevan-Dilijan-Haghartsin
Echmiadzin-Sardarapat
Garni-Geghard