The Legitimacy of Legal Decisions Adopted under Radical Uncertainties
Thursday, 21 may 2026 13h30 – Welcome of the participants
14h – Welcome peech – Marie Copin, PhD student, CERAPS, University of Lille and Clara Mathis, PhD student, CRDP-ERDP, University of Lille.
14h20 – Keynote speech – Martin Belov, FullProfessor, University St Kliment Ohridski (Bulgaria) – « On the Cross road of Constitutional Time: Constitutional Poly crisis and Constitutional Polytransition »
15h – 16h –Panel 1
Radical uncertainties and Theory of Law Chair : Pr. Themistoklis Raptopoulos (CRDP -University of Lille, France) Paul URANGA, PhD student, University of Bordeaux (France) and University of Laval(Canada) : « La pédagogie judiciaire commemoyen de légitimation des décisions juridictionnelles internationales en temps d’incertitude »Michael KALIS, Dr., Senior Research Associate, IKEM – Greifswald University (Germany) : « Futurization, Radical Uncertainty, and the Limits of Expert-Based Legitimacy in Contemporary Legal Decision-Making »
16h – break
16h15 – 17h30 — Panel 2
Radical uncertainties and Constitutional law Chair : Pr. Martin Belov (University of Sofia St. Kliment Ohridski – Bulgaria)
Flaviana CERQUOZZI, PhD student, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy) :« Rule of Law Conditionality and Constitutional Identity under Radical Uncertainty: Economicand Geopolitical Challenges »
Marco SCIARRA, PhD Student, Roma Tre University (Italy) : « Légitimité légale vs légitimité démocratique des décisions juridiques adoptées dans un contexte d’incertitude (radicale?) : le cas d’étude de l’élection présidentielle roumaine de 2024 »
Miriana LANOTTE, Dr., Università di Bologna(Italy) : « An uncertainty remedy for a certain crisis: nullity of national judgements as a response to Poland’s RoL backsliding »
Friday, 22 may 2026 9h – Welcome of the participants
9h30 – 11h –– Panel 3
Radical uncertainties and International law Chair : Elise Ruggeri Abonnat (CRDP -University of Lille, France)
Philomène ALENE ENGAMBA, Dr.,University of Limoges (France) : « Légitimer l’exception : les sanctions sportives internationales à l’épreuve de la crise Russo-Ukrainienne »
Rebecca BRUEKERS, PhD student, University of Nottingham’s School of Law (England) : « The International Court of Justice’s Decision-Making Processes in Times of Radical Uncertainties »
Simon & Elie KLEE, PhD students, University of Aix-Marseille (France) and University of Ottawa (Canada) : « La légitimité des décisions juridiques adoptées par les États menacés de disparition »Franco DI PEDE, Dr., Universita degli studidella Tuscia (Italy) : « Human Rights Treaty Systems in Times of Growing Uncertainty »
11h – 11h15 – break
11h20h – 12h30 –– Panel 4
Radical uncertainties and European law Chairs : Pr. Elsa Bernard (CRDP – University ofLille, France) & Pr. Daniele Gallo (Luiss University, Rome, Italy) Julien DEBANDE, PhD student, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) :« Institutionalising flexibility: Legitimacy challenges in the evolving EU financial toolkit for Ukraine »
Artūrs ŠUSPĀNS, PhD student and lawyer, University of Latvia (Latvia) : « The Notion of‘ Geopolitical Context’ in the Application of the European Convention on Human Rights: A Weighty Argument for Uncertain Times? »
Aurelio CORNEO, PhD student, Humboldt University (Germany) : « International Law Legitimacy of European Responses to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Between Political-Moral Imperatives and Uncertain Legality »
12h45 – 14h30 – lunch break
14h30 – 16h — Panel 5
Radical uncertainties and Environment Chairs : Magali Dreyfus (CNRS CERAPS -University of Lille ) & Pr. Teresa Cabrita (University UC Louvain, Belgium)
Alberto NICOTINA, Dr., University ofAmsterdam (Netherlands) : « Stategic ClimateLitigation in Europe: Direct and Indirect Consequences for Democracy »
Zaki SHUBBER, PhD student, Queen Mary University of London (England) : « Radical Uncertainty, Shared Freshwater Resources and International Law »
Nikolas KECKHUT, PhD student, Universityof Paris 1 (France) : « La légitimité des Courseuropéenne et interaméricaine face aux enjeux environnementaux et climatique, du verdissement au dialogue »
16h – 16h15 – Conclusive remarks Pr. Elsa Bernard (CRDP – ERDP University of Lille, France)
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