Tallinn, Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October 2017
Eesti Riigikogu, Toompea loss
(Conference Hall of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia)
AGENDA
Thursday, October 19, 2017
16:00 – 17:30 Meeting of the Board
20:00 – 23:00 Dinner hosted by Mr. Priit Pikamäe, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia, at the premises of the Seaplane Harbour Museum
Friday, October 20, 2017
Conference “What criteria are required to achieve genuine separation of power?” (Does a European notion of the independence of justice exist?)
9:15 Opening of the Conference
9:30 – 11:00 Session I: “Do Supreme Courts have any independence above and beyond their independent decision-making?”
Moderator: Mrs. Bettina Limperg
President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany (Bundesgerichthof)
Introductory Report: Mr. Jean Claude Wiwinius
President of the Supreme Court of Luxembourg
Discussion
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 13:00 Session II: “What control over Supreme Courts?”
Moderator: Mr. Frank Clarke
Chief Justice of Ireland
Introductory Report: Chevalier Jean de Codt
First President of the Court of Cassation of Belgium
Mr. Bertrand Louvel
First President of the Court of Cassation of France
Discussion
13.00 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 14:45 Guided tour of the Building of the Parliament
14:45 – 16:15 Session III: “Reforms affecting the judicial institution: duty to react and freedom of speech of Supreme Court Presidents”
Moderator: Mr. Maarten Feteris
President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands
Introductory Report: Mr. Giovanni Canzio
First President of the Court of Cassation of Italy
Discussion
16:15 – 16:30 Closing of the Conference
20:00 – 22:00 Dinner hosted by Mr. Priit Pikamäe, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia, at the Kadriorg Palace
