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Participation: Open to all public sessions I Exclusive side-meetings by invitation only.
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09:30 The virtual meeting room opens
10:00 – 10:10 Opening and welcome
10:10 – 10:30 Keynote address
Presentation will be recorded
10:30 – 11:15 European Commission’s 2024 Annual Report on the Application of the EU Charter
11:15 – 11:30 Exchange, Questions and Answers
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:25 Promoting the application of the EU charter at sub-national level
This know-how session will explore concrete areas where the EU Charter can add value to cities and other local authorities. At the session, two cities will showcase how they made use of the EU Charter in their local action. The discussion with participants will aim to identify what information, tools and/or materials could help to empower more cities in promoting and applying the EU Charter, and fundamental rights. The discussion will build on experiences from human rights cities in the EU.
12:25 – 13:20 The EU Charter horizontal enabling condition in practice
This interactive expert session targets practitioners working in the administration of EU funds. It will focus on sharing of promising practices in the application of the enabling condition on the Charter and what can Member States learn from one another in this area.
13:20 – 13:30 Final Wrap Up Day 1
10:00 – 10:05 Opening and welcome by the moderator
10:05 – 10:20 Recent CJEU case law on the EU Charter
This presentation is designed for judges, lawyers and other legal practitioners who want to know more about the Charter and its use before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
10:20 – 10:35 Questions and Answers
10:35 – 11:20 The Charter before Supreme and Constitutional Courts
This interactive expert session is directed at judges, lawyers and legal practitioners interested in the practical use of the Charter in national courtrooms. It will discuss how national courts can navigate conflicting interpretations of the Charter by international and national courts. The session will allow judges to exchange promising practices and practical solutions.
11:20 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Using the EU Charter of fundamental rights to protect democracy and the rule of law in EU Member States
This session is a combination of a presentation and an interactive expert session. It will address judges, lawyers and other legal practitioners who have an interest in the link between the Charter and democracy as well as the rule of law. After a short presentation by John Morijn, there will be an interactive exchange of case law and concrete experiences amongst the participants.
12:30 – 13:20 The European Arrest Warrant and the EU Charter
This interactive expert session for judges, lawyers and other legal practitioners will focus on the role of the Charter in the European Arrest Warrant Proceedings. The objective is to exchange on case law and concrete experiences amongst the participants when it comes to issuing and executing European Arrest Warrants and the principle of proportionality and fundamental rights-based grounds for non-execution.
13:20 – 13:30 Day 2 wrap up
Plenary
10:05 – 11:00 The EU Charter, the European Convention of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR) and their interaction against the background of the EU’s accession to the Convention
This session will start with two short statements: one on the status quo and implications of the accession delivered by the EU’s chief negotiator for the European Union and one on the interplay between the EU Charter and the ECHR delivered by the Deputy Grand Chamber Registrar at the European Court of Human Rights. These brief statements will be followed by an interview-style debate triggered and moderated by Janneke Gerards, State Councilor in the Netherlands Council of State and a professor of fundamental rights law at Utrecht University, before the session will open for exchange between practitioners, academia and law students on what accession to the ECHR means for the EU and especially its Charter of fundamental rights.
11:00 – 12:00 Drivers, barriers and promising practices in the application of the Charter: examples from the Member States
This exchange amongst practitioners from the different Member States offers a forum for the exchange of experiences and for mutual learning. Civil servants, legal practitioners and researchers are invited to share initiatives aimed at enhancing the application of the Charter.
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 13:15 The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and the EU Charter
Will the new fundamental rights safeguards in the pact on migration and asylum promote a Charter-compliant implementation of the pact? Three examples will illustrate opportunities and challenges: fundamental rights monitoring; EU Asylum Agency guidance and tools; role of national courts.
13:15 - 13:30 Conclusions by FRA Director
