era.int PROTECTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: TOOLS, CHALLENGES AND WAY FORWARD Trier, 18-19 June 2015 ERA Conference Centre Metzer Allee 4, Trier, Germany Organiser: Dr Karine Caunes, ERA Languages: English, French, German (simultaneous interpretation) Event number: 415D30 For further information: Elizabeth Klopocki Tel. +49 (0)651 937 37 322 Fax. +49 (0)651 937 37 773 E-mail: [email protected] Online registration: www.era.int/?125011&en Objective The aim of this conference is to analyse recent developments in the field of fundamental rights protection in the European Union. It will address the challenges legal practitioners face when dealing with fundamental rights issues, shed light on the current state of the EU system of fundamental rights protection and provide tools regarding its effective implementation. Key topics Review of the Commission’s ‘Strategy for the effective implementation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights by the European Union’ five years on EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: scope and limits (Åkerberg Fransson (C-617/10), Siragusa (C-206-13), AMS (C-176/12), Pfleger (C-390/12) et al.) The future of the European multi-level equivalent protection system: between the EU and the ECHR systems (aftermath of the CJEU's Opinion 2/13 on EU accession to the ECHR); between the EU and national systems (CJEU Melloni (C-399/11), Spanish Constitutional Court (STC 26/2014) et al.) Access to justice: impact of post-Lisbon depillarisation on access to the CJEU, comparative assessment of ECtHR and CJEU standards, the role of non-judicial bodies Fundamental rights standard-setting through EU legislation Who should attend? Judges, lawyers in private practice, national and European civil servants, representatives of NGOs, equality bodies and NHRIs. Confirmed speakers Chiara Adamo, Head of Unit, Fundamental Rights and Rights of the Child, DG Justice, European Commission, Brussels Guy Canivet, Judge, Constitutional Council of the French Republic, Paris Nial Fennelly, former Judge of the Supreme Court of Ireland, Dublin Jana Gajdošová, Expert, Access to Justice Unit, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Vienna Jean-Paul Jacqué, Honorary Director-General and Special Adviser to the Council of the European Union; Emeritus Professor, University of Strasbourg Aidan O’Neill QC, Advocate and Barrister, Edinburgh and London Maria José Rangel de Mesquita, Judge, Portuguese Constitutional Court; Professor, Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon Lord Tyre, Judge, Supreme Courts of Scotland, Edinburgh Joseph H.H. Weiler, President, European University Institute, Florence IMPORTANT NOTE This event is part of the Catalogue+ of EJTN. There are 10 free places available for judges and prosecutors from the Member States. Application deadline: 4 May 2015. To apply, please contact the EJTN secretariat: www.ejtn.eu. ERA is funded with support from the European Commission. This communication reflects the view only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of information contained therein. Education and Culture DG Erasmus+ Programme