Annual Conference on Human Rights
“Human Rights: Judicial Dialogue”
27 November 2020, 10:00 – 15:30
Riga Graduate School of Law, Strēlnieku 4 k-2, W42 / Online
PROGRAMME
10:00 Opening of the conference. Dr. Pietro Sullo, Rector of Riga Graduate School of Law, Dr. Mārtiņš Mits, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
10:30 Current issues of the European Court of Human Rights. Dr. Mārtiņš Mits, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
11:00 Recent rulings of the European Court of Human Rights in Latvian cases. Dr. Arina Melse, Visiting lecturer at Riga Graduate School of Law
11:30 Latvia in Human Rights Mechanisms - UN and Council of Europe. Kristīne Līce, Latvia's representative in international human rights institutions
11:50 Discussion. Discussion is moderated by Dr. Arina Melse, visiting lecturer at Riga Graduate School of Law
12:30 Break
13:00 Topicalities of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia. Dr. Sanita Osipova, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia
13:30 Topicalities of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the field of fundamental rights. Dr. Ineta Ziemele, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Professor of Riga Graduate School of Law
14:00 Closing discussion. Discussion is moderated by Dr. Arina Melse, visiting lecturer at Riga Graduate School of Law
14:30 Opening of the “Baltic Yearbook of International Law” 20th anniversary book “International Law from a Baltic Perspective”. Dr. Ineta Ziemele, Judge at the Court of Justice of the European Union, Professor of Riga Graduate School of Law, Ligita Gjortlere, Head of Riga Graduate School of Law Library, Lecturer on Legal Research