ECHR and Venice Commission
Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience
Katja Ziegler, Ed Bates, Amal Sethi (CELI) and Julinda Beqiraj (Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law) look forward to welcoming you on the 6th and 7th of November at BIICL (British Institute of International and Comparative Law) for an event on the ‘ECHR and Venice Commission: Guarding Human Rights and the Rule of Law, and Facilitating Constitutional Resilience’.
The event, organised by CELI in cooperation with the Bingham Centre, will coincide with two anniversaries: the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the 35th anniversary of the Venice Commission.
Day One (6 November) will feature invited speakers reflecting on the impact of the ECHR and the Venice Commission in the UK and Europe, including on the UK’s constitutional framework and the UK’s role in European human rights protection, and how a multi-layered protection of human rights may contribute to overall constitutional resilience. (Registration here – draft programme, here).
Day Two (7 November) will adopt an academic format featuring thematic panels and research presentations, expanding the discussion through comparative perspectives on constitutional resilience and multi-layered rights protection. Abstract submissions that engage with the theme of constitutional resilience in the context of multi-layered human rights protection were collected for this day of the conference through a call for papers. (Registration here – draft programme, here).
Registration is now open to attend either or both days.