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09:30 - 09:45 | Welcome and Introduction to the Conference
Prof. Dr. Wouter Devroe, Dean of the Faculty of Law, KU Leuven
Prof. Dr. Jan Wouters, Full Professor of International Law, Director, Leuven Centre for Global Governance Studies - Institute for International Law, KU Leuven
09:45 - 11:15 | Panel 1: Achievements of, and Challenges for, the ECHR
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Koen Lemmens, Professor of Human Rights Law, KU Leuven
Achievements of, and Challenges for, the ECHR: a Critical Appraisal
Prof. Dr. Paolo Di Stefani, Professor in International Human Rights Law, University of Padova
The Past and Future of the Role of Civil Society in the ECHR System
Prof. Dr. Antoine Buyse, Full Professor of Human Rights at Utrecht University and Director of the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM)
Integrating the European Social Charter and the ECHR: a New and Necessary Challenge in the COVID Age?
Prof. Dr. Jeff Kenner, Chair of European Law, Human Rights Law Centre, University of Nottingham
Questions and Debate
11:15 - 12:45 | Panel 2: The ECHR and National (Constitutional) Legal Orders
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Stephan Sottiaux, KU Leuven
Procedural Rationality in Times of Authoritarian Regimes
Prof. Dr. Catherine Van de Heyning, Professor European Fundamental Rights Law, University of Antwerp
The Dialogue between the European Court of Human Rights and Domestic Constitutional Courts: the Belgian Example
Mr. Willem Verrijdt, Law Clerk (Referendaris) at the Belgian Constitutional Court, Affiliated researcher at the Leuven Centre for Public Law, KU Leuven
Navigating between Uniform Protection and Respect for National Diversity – The ECtHR’s Eternal Struggle
Prof. Dr. Janneke Gerards, Professor of Fundamental Rights Law, Utrecht University
Questions and Debate
Lunch Break
13:30 - 14:15 | Keynote: The ECHR and European Court of Human Rights: Ready for the Next 70 Years?
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Stephan Parmentier, KU Leuven
Prof. Dr. Paul Lemmens, Judge in the European Court of Human Rights, Professor Emeritus KU Leuven
14:15 - 15:45 | Panel 3: The Convention and International Law
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Gleider Hernández, Professor of Public International Law, KU Leuven and Open University
The ECHR and Security Council Targeted Sanctions
Dr. Kushtrim Istrefi, Assistant Professor of Human Rights Law and Public International Law, Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM), Utrecht University
The European Court of Human Rights and the Attribution Rules of the International Law
Commission: Reflections on Some Currently Pending Cases
Prof. Dr. Marko Milanovic, Professor of Public International Law, University of Nottingham
The European Court of Human Rights’ Margin of Appreciation and Judicial Deference: Some Reflections
Dr. Andrew Legg, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers
Climate Change and the European Court of Human Rights: the Portuguese Youth Case Mr Gerry Liston, Legal Officer, Global Legal Action Network
Questions and Debate
16:00 - 17:30 | Panel 4: The Convention and the European Union
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Elise Muir, Professor of EU Law, Director of the Institute for European Law, KU Leuven
Litigating Fundamental Rights at the European Court of Human Rights and the Court of Justice of the EU : Some Views From a Practitioner
Ms. Markella Papadouli, AIRE Centre’s Europe Litigation Coordinator and Lecturer in International and European Refugee Law at London South Bank University
The Principle of Mutual Trust and the European Convention of Human Rights: A Path Towards Harmony?
Dr. Cécilia Rizcallah, Visiting professor at the Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles, Lecturer at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS)
The Future of EU Human Rights Law: Is Accession to the ECHR Still Desirable? Prof. Dr. Tobias Lock, Professor of Law at Maynooth University
Questions and Debate