WEDNESDAY 13 JUNE 2007

9.30-13.00  Workshops

6. What constitutional mechanisms are useful for resolving conflict within a state?

Chairs:

Professor Lidija Basta-Fleiner, International Research and  Consulting Centre, Fribourg, Switzerland
Professor Eibe Riedel, University of Mannheim, Germany

7. Latest developments in constitutional theory and doctrine

Chairs:

Professor Yasuo Hasebe, University of Tokyo, Japan
Professor Otto Pfersmann, University of Paris I, France

8. Constitutions and global terrorism.

Chairs:

Professor Martin Scheinin, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
Judge Lech Garlicki, European Court of Human Rights

9. Limits on power to revise a Constitution

Chairs:

Professor Claude Klein, Hebrew University, Israel
Professor Sanford Levinson, University of Texas, USA

10. Constitutional guarantees in the light of privatisation

Chairs:

Professor Spyridon Flogaitis, University of Athens, Greece
Professor Manfred Stelzer, University of Vienna, Austria

11. Subnational Constitutions in federal constitutional states

Chairs:

Professor Antonio Hernandez, University of Córdoba, Argentina
Professor Robert Williams, Rutgers University, USA

(11.00 Coffee Break)

15.00-18.00  Council meeting of the IACL
 

THURSDAY 14 JUNE 2007
 

09.30-12.30
PLENARY SESSION 3: Religion, State and Society

Chair:

Professor Yasuo Hasebe, University of Tokyo, Japan

Panelists:

Professor Thio Li-ann, National University of Singapore, Nominated Member of Parliament, 11th Session, Singapore
Judge Michael McConnell, US Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit, USA
Professor Mohamed Tozy, University Hassan II, Morocco
Professor Philippos Spyropoulos, University of Athens, Greece
Judge Gustavo Zagrebelsky, (former president) Constitutional Court, Italy

(Coffee Break)
(Discussion)

13.00-15.00 Lunch

15.00-18.00 Workshops

12. Secularism and constitutionalism

Chairs:

Professor Ibrahim Kaboglou, University of Marmara, Turkey
Professor András Sajó, Central European University, Hungary

13. Justiciability of social rights

Chairs:

Professor Julia Iliopoulos-Strangas, University of Athens, Greece
Professor Theunis Roux, Director, SAIFAC, South Africa

14. Gender equality, religious freedom and culture

Chairs:

Professor Daphne Barak-Erez, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
Professor Susanna Mancini, University of Bologna, Italy

15. Balancing and proportionality in constitutional review

Chairs:

Professor Vicki Jackson, Georgetown University, USA
Professor Juliane Kokott, Advocate-General, ECJ

16. Constitutions, corruption and good governance

Chairs:

Professor Babacar Kanté, Vice-president, Constitutional Court, Senegal
Professor Raul Pangalangan, University of the Philippines, Philippines

(16.30 Coffee Break)

20.30 Reception

FRIDAY 15 JUNE 2007
 

09.30-13.30
PLENARY SESSION 4: The internationalisation of constitutional law

Chair:

Professor Eivind Smith, University of Oslo, Norway

Panelists:

Professor Vassilios Skouris, President of Court of Justice of the European Communities Judge Manuel Jose Cepeda, Constitutional Court, Colombia
Justice Dikgang Moseneke, Constitutional Court, South Africa
Lord David Hope, House of Lords, UK
Professor Brun-Otto Bryde, Constitutional Court, Germany
Professor Christos Rozakis, Vice-president, European Court of Human Rights
Justice Kong Hyun Lee, Constitutional Court, Republic of Korea

(Coffee Break)
(Discussion)

13.00-14.30 CLOSING SESSION

Chair:     

Professor Kostas Mavrias, President of the Association of Greek Constitutionalists

Speakers:

New President of the IACL
Professor Theunis Roux, Secretary-General of the IACL
Organiser of the next World Congress