Agenda
Justice, environment, enlargement
8 December
09:30 – 10:00 The virtual meeting room opens
10:00 – 10:10 Opening and welcome
- Sanja Jovičić, FRA
10:10 – 10:20 Keynote address
- Sirpa Rautio, Director, FRA
- Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers, European Commission
Presentation will be recorded
10:20 – 10:50 The EU Charter as an effective tool for enforcing EU fundamental rights – focus on the right to a remedy
This panel discussion will reflect upon the added value of the EU Charter compared to national human rights protections, focusing on the right to a remedy. Examples from the Member States where the EU Charter was used to fill in the gaps in the national protection of fundamental rights will be discussed. This session targets legal practitioners.
Moderated by: Herwig Hofmann, Professor, University of Luxembourg
Contributions by: Zvonimir Mataga, Registry Lawyer, European Court of Human Rights, Arpi Avetisyan, Human Rights Lawyer
Session will be recorded
10:50 – 11:15 Exchange among participants
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:00 How to strengthen the EU Charter’s role in climate litigation?
This session will discuss the relevance of the Charter in the litigation of environmental and climate change cases and reflect upon the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU in this area.
Moderated by: Jasper Krommendijk, Professor of Human Rights Law, Radboud University Nijmegen
Contributions by: Luc Lavrysen, President, Constitutional Court of Belgium, Václav Prais, Lawyer, Frank Bold Society, Czechia
Session will be recorded
12:00 – 12:30 Exchange among participants
12:30 – 13:00 The Charter enlargement lab
This session will explore early experiences with the EU Charter by and in the EU Candidate Countries. Special consideration will be given to the relationship between the EU Charter and the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR).
Moderated by: Chloe Laurens-Dinsdale, Team Leader - Judiciary and Fundamental Rights (Chapter 23), European Commission, DG ENEST
13:00 – 13:20 Exchange among participants
13:20-13:30 Day 1 wrap up
- Sanja Jovičić, FRA
Disability, AI systems, digital services
9 December
09:30 – 10:00 The virtual meeting room opens
10:00 – 10:05 Opening and welcome by moderator, Martina Törnkvist, European Commission
10:05 – 10:35 The role of the Charter in promoting the rights of people with disabilities – outcomes of the 2nd and 3rd periodic review of the European Union
This session will explore the relevance of the EU Charter in protecting and promoting the rights of people with disabilities as enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to which the EU is a party since 2011.
Moderated by: Delia Ferri, Professor, Maynooth University
Contributions by: Martha Hirstch-Ziembinska, European Ombudsman, Alejandro Moledo, European Disability Forum
Session will be recorded
10:35 – 11:00 Exhange among participants
11:00 – 11:30 The prospects for invoking the EU Charter before national courts opened by the Digital Services Act
This session will discuss how to protect EU Charter rights through the application of the Digital Services Act in practice. This session is intended to legal practitioners.
Moderated by Maciej Szpunar, First Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union
Contributions by: Neža Kogovšek Šalamon, Judge, Slovenian Constitutional Court, Raphaël Dana, Attorney at Law, Elected Member of the Paris Bar Council, France
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11:30 – 12:00 Exchange among participants
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 12:45 The Charter in artificial intelligence (AI) impact assessments
This session will discuss what does the duty of deployers under the Artificial Intelligence Act to carry out fundamental rights risk assessment entail in practice. This exchange is designed for practitioners working on fundamental rights impact assessments in the area of AI systems.
Moderated by: David Reichel, Head of Data and Digital Sector, FRA
Contributions by: Yordanka Ivanova, European Commission, DG CNECT, Legal Oversight of the AI-Act Implementation, Ioana Tuta, Senior Adviser, Danish Institute for Human Rights
Session will be recorded
12:45 – 13:15 Exchange among participants
13:15 – 13:30 Conclusions
- Gabriel N. Toggenburg, FRA