Monday, May 18, 2026, 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
The so-called rule-of-law crisis, diagnosed in numerous countries worldwide, including the European Union, has affected the effectiveness of human rights protection, both domestically and internationally. The historical and contemporary case studies of attempts to reinstate the rule of law demonstrate that it is more than mere black-letter law. The Rule of Law Clinic at CEU Democracy Institute and POLEMO research group at CEU cordially invite you to a conference where the main domestic, international and supranational challenges to the rule of law will be discussed. The keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Hanna Suchocka, former Prime Minister of Poland and a former member of the Venice Commission.
Agenda
10.00-10.10 – Opening (Auditorium A)
10.10-10.50 – Keynote speech/public lecture by Professor Hanna Suchocka, former Prime Minister of Poland, professor at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań
Hanna Suchocka is a Polish politician and lawyer who served as Prime Minister of Poland (1992-1993). She later served as a Minister of Justice (1997–2001) and as Poland’s Ambassador to the Holy See (2002-2013). She was also a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences in the Vatican. She is a professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and Chair of the Constitutional Law Department and a former First Vice-President and Honorary President of the Venice Commission.
10.50-11.30 – panel discussion (Hanna Suchocka, Balazs Trencsenyi (CEU), Dimitry Kochenov (CEU), moderator: Barbara Grabowska-Moroz (CEU DI)
11.30-12.00 – Coffee break
12.00-13.30 – Panel 1 – Poverty, Economic Rights and Rule of Law (Room 103)
Chair: Dimitry Kochenov (CEU)
- Vandita Khanna (University of Cologne)
- Luke Graham (University of Manchester)
- Sarah Ganty (Peking University; CEU)
13.30-14.30 – Lunch break
14.30-16.00 – Panel 2 – Militant Rule of Law (Room 103)
Chair: Petra Radic (CEU)
- Darren Seiffert (CEU)
- Chiel Kuypers (Nijmegen)
- Mateusz Grabarczyck (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań)
16.00- 16.30 – Coffee break
16.30-18.00 – Panel 3 – Rule of Law as a Living Instrument (Room 103)
Chair: Barbara Grabowska-Moroz (CEU)
- Suryapratim Roy (Trinity Law School, Dublin)
- Kamilla Zsuzsanna Galicz (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa)
- Elena Basheska (CEU DI)
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