Online Conference: The European Convention on Human Rights at 70

On 4 November 2020, KU Leuven in cooperation with AHRI is organizing
an online conference entitled The European Convention on Human Rights at 70:
Achievements, Challenges and Interactions with Legal Orders. The conference will
have four panels. The first one will look at the achievements of and challenges
for the ECHR. The other three panels will explore the relationship between the
ECHR on the one hand and the national, EU and public international law on the
other hand. Judge Paul
Lemmens of the European Court of Human Rights will give a keynote on whether
the European Court is ready for the next 70 years. For
registration click here.

Full programme is available here:

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

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