“WHAT CRITERIA ARE REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE GENUINE SEPARATION OF POWERS?”

Conference Hall of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia

Lossi plats 1a

15165 Tallinn

 

AGENDA

THURSDAY, 19 OCTOBER

 

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

FRIDAY, 20 OCTOBER

 

“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: Ms Bettina Limperg, President of the Federal Court of Justice of Germany

 

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 and 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 Supreme 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