The University of Strasbourg, the Fondation René Cassin and the European Court of Human Rights are co-organising an international conference in their home city on 14 March. The conference is entitled 'The European Convention on Human Rights as a Living Instrument'. This is the programme which can also be found here:
9:00 – 9:30 Welcoming Address:
- Professor Jeanne-Marie Tuffery-Andrieu, Dean of the Law Faculty
- President Marko Bošnjak, President of the European Court of Human Rights
- Professor Sébastien Touzé, Director of the René Cassin Foundation
- Professor Peggy Ducoulombier, Deputy Director of IRCM
9:30 – 10:40 Panel 1: The European Convention on Human Rights as an International Legal Instrument
- Moderator: Ivana Jelić, Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights
- Keynote speaker: Professor Dapo Akande, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, member of the UN International Law Commission
- View from the University: Ledi Bianku, Associate Professor University of Strasbourg, former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
- View from the Bench: Mykola Gnatovskyy, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
- Q&A session
10:40 – 10:50 Break
10:50 – 12:00 Panel 2: The limits of the living instrument doctrine
- Moderator: Professor Florence Benoît-Rohmer, Emeritus Professor, University of Strasbourg
- Keynote speaker: Professor Hellen Keller, Chair for Public Law, European and Public International Law at the University of Zurich, former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
- View from the University: Professor Peggy Ducoulombier, University of Strasbourg
- View from the Bench: Darian Pavli, Judge of the European court of Human Rights
- Q&A session
12:00 – 12:30 Concluding remarks:
- Professor Emmanuel Decaux, President of the René Cassin Foundation
- Professor Patrick Wachsmann, Emeritus Professor, University of Strasbourg
Registration is possible until 13 March here.