Le 22 octobre 2012, dans le cadre de son Master en Droit économique européen, l'Université de Luxembourg organise avec l'IUIL un colloque consacré aux défis qui vont se poser à l'avenir en termes de protection des droits fondamentaux dans l'UE.

Programme

9.00 am Introduction and Welcome, by Marc Jaeger (President, General Court, Court of Justice of the European Union), Stefan Braum (Dean, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg), Herwig Hofmann (Professor, Centre for European Law, University of Luxembourg)

9.15 am Key Note Speech : Viviane Reding (Vice President Commission)

9.45 am Session 1 - The new plurality of Fundamental Rights sources - What will change and how?

Chair: Koen Lenaerts (Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union)

• “The negotiations for the EU accession to the ECHR and the accession process” Hannes Kraemer (Legal Service, EU Commission)
• “The Co-Responsibility of the Member States and the EU before the ECHR?” Hans Nilsson (Head of Unit, DG FREMP, EU Commission)
• “The Accession from the Point of View of the Convention and the ECtHR” Francoise Tulkens (Judge, Vice President, European Court of Human Rights)

11.20 am Session 2 - How to manage the pluralism of sources of fundamental rights in the EU?

Chair: Allan Rosas (Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union)

• “The relation between the rights arising from the Charter and general principles of law” Speaker: Herwig C.H. Hofmann (Professor, University of Luxembourg) - Respondent: Sascha Prechal (Judge, CJEU)
• “The relation between EU fundamental rights and those recognised in the constitutions of the Member States: competition or complementarity?” Speaker: Jan Passer (Judge, Czech Supreme Administrative Court) -  Respondent: Tom Eijsbouts (Professor, University of Leiden)
• The relation between the Charter and the Convention – how to solve conflicts? Speaker: Jörg Gerkrath (Professor, University of Luxembourg) -  Respondent: Henk Lubberdink (Chair of Chamber, Council of State, Netherlands).

2.00 pm Session 3 - Interpretation and Effects of Rights in the new System of Multiple Sources of Rights

Chair: Josef Azizi (Judge, General Court, Court of Justice of the European Union)

• What is the effect of accepting horizontal direct effect of Fundamental Rights on the competencies of the Union? Speaker: Thomas Henze (Federal Ministry of Economics, Germany) - Respondent: Allan Rosas (Judge, CJEU)
• Interpreting the ECHR, interpreting EU law: Differences that count? Will the ECHR’s margin of appreciation doctrine be imported into EU law? Speaker: Eleanor Sharpston (Advocate General, CJEU) - Respondent: Rick Lawson (Dean, Professor, Leiden Law Faculty)
• Which effects will the accession have on judicial procedures and judicial cooperation? Speaker: Arjen Meij (Visiting Professor University of Luxembourg, former judge, General Court, CJEU) - Respondent: André Potocki (Judge, ECtHR)

4.00 pm Session 4 - Case studies

Chair: Marc Jaeger (President, General Court, Court of Justice of the European Union)

• Union Citizenship and Human Rights under Article 2 TEU Speaker: Armin v. Bogdandy (Director, MPI, Heidelberg) - Respondent: Cathryn Costello (Fellow, University of Oxford)
• The Ne Bis in Idem Principle – State of Play and Perspectives Speaker: Geert Corstens (President, Netherlands Supreme Court) - Respondent: Georges Ravarani (President of the Administrative Court and Vice President of the Constitutional Court of the G.D. of Luxembourg)
• The example of Anti-Discrimination: Does the inflation of sources lead to a devaluation of rights? Speaker: Gerard C. Rowe (Professor, University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder and Professeur associé, University of Luxembourg) - Respondent: Monica Claes (Professor, University of Maastricht).

5.30 pm Concluding remarks by President Marc Jaeger

6.00 pm Closing of conference

For organizational details please contact:

Monsieur Raphael Briche - Institut Universitaire International Luxembourg

Château de Munsbach 31, rue du Parc, L-5374 Munsbach 

Tel. : +352-26 15 92 37 – 7 Fax : +352-26 15 92 28

E-mail : raphael.briche@iuil.lu