World Conference on Constitutional Justice

Cape Town, 23–24 January 2009

 

Theme: “Influential Constitutional Justice: its influence on society

and on developing a global human rights jurisprudence”

 

organised by

the Constitutional Court of South Africa

and

the Venice Commission

 

Papers

Conférence mondiale de justice constitutionnelle

Le Cap, 22-24 Janvier 2009

 

« La justice constitutionnelle influente:

son influence sur la société et sur le développement

d’une jurisprudence mondiale des droits de l’Homme »

 

organisée par

la Cour constitutionnelle d’Afrique du sud

et

la Commission de Venise
 

Présentations

 

 

Asian Courts / Cours de l'Asie:

 

LEE, Kong Hyun, Judge at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of , Report by the Asian group

 

Association des cours constitutionnelles ayant en partage l'usage du français (ACCPUF):

 

Millogo, Dé Albert, Président, Conseil Constitutionnel du Burkina Faso (Président en exercice de l'ACCPUF), Présentation

 

Andorra / Andorre:

 

Viver Pi-Sunyer, Carles, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, La justice constitutionnelle influente: son influence sur la société et sur le développement d’une jurisprudence mondiale des droits de l’Homme (French and Spanish).

 

Maus, Didier, Conseiller d'État (France), président de l'Association internationale de droit constitutionnel, Membre et ancien Président de la Cour constitutionnelle d'Andorre, Le recours aux précédents étrangers et le dialogue des cours constitutionnelles

 

Armenia / Arménie:

 

Harutyunyan, Gagik, President, Constitutional Court

    - Constitutional Jurisdiction and Developing Society (English and Russian)

    - Workshop report on behalf of the Conference of Constitutional Control Organs of Countries of Young Democracy (English, Russian)

 

Bahrain / Bahreïn:

 

Humaidan, Ebrahim, President, Constitutional Court, The Influence of Constitutional Justice on Society (Arabic and English) and The Development of a Global Human Rights Jurisprudence (Arabic and English)

 

Belarus:

 

Miklashevich, Petr, Chairman, Constitutional Court

    - The influence of constitutional justice on society in the Republic of Belarus (Russian and English)

    - Intervention at Plenary Session (Russian)

 

Belgium / Belgique:

 

Bossuyt, Marc, President, Constitutional Court, The influence of constitutional justice on society in Belgium

 

Benin / Bénin:

 

Dossou, Robert, Président, Cour Constitutionelle, La Cour Constitutionnelle du Bénin : L’Influence de sa Jurisprudence sur le Constitutionnalisme et les Droits de l’Homme (French)

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bosnie-Herzégovine:

 

Palavric, Seada, President, Galic, Valerija, Vice President, Sali-Terzic, Sevima, Head of Appellate Division, Constitutional Court, Influential Constitutional Justice: its influence on society and on developing a global human rights jurisprudence (English and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian)
 

Brazil :

 

Mendes, Gilmar, President Federal Supreme Court, World Conference on Constitutional Justice (English, Portuguese)

 

Bulgaria / Bulgarie:

 

Stoichev, Krassen, Judge, Constitutional Court, Constitutional justice in Bulgaria: rules and tendences

 

Tanchev, Evgeni, Judge, Constitutional Court, Constitutional control in comparative and Bulgarian prospective

 

Cameroon:

 

Jani, Leornard Fongoh, Judge, Supreme Court, The influence of Constitutional Justice on Society and on Global Human Rights Jurisprudence: the case of the Republic of Cameroon (English)

 

Chile / Chili:

 

Cea Egaña, José Luis, Judge, Constitutional Court, Influence of Chilean constitutional jurisprudence on society and on developing human rights (English and Spanish)

 

Council of Europe / Conseil de l'Europe:

 

Ms Maud de Boer-Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary General, Opening Speech

 

Rozakis, Christos, Vice-President, European Court of Human Rights, Interaction between the ECHR and other courts

 

Croatia / Croatie:

 

Omejec, Jasna, President, Constitutional Court, Influential Constitutional Justice: its influence on society and on developing a global human rights jurisprudence

 

Dominican Republic / République dominicaine:

 

Jorge, Subero Isa, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Cadre résumé du système constitutionnel de la République dominicaine (français, Spanish)

 

Egypt / Egypte

 

Khairy Taha, Mohamed, Deputy Chief Justice, Constitutional Court (Arabic)

 

Finland  / Finlande:

 

Hallberg, Pekka, President, Supreme Administrative Court, Fundamental rights in the practice of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland and the provisions of the Finnish Constitution

 

France:

 

P. Steinmetz, Membre, Conseil constitutionnel (français)

 

Gabon:

 

Mbroantsuo, Marie Madeleine, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, L’influence de la jurisprudence sur la société et sur le développement d’une jurisprudence globale des droits de l’homme

 

Georgia / Géorgie:

 

Papuashvili, George, President, Constitutional Court, Problematic aspects of interrelationship between the constitutional and ordinary courts

 

Hungary / Hongrie:

 

Paczolay, Peter, Président, Trocsanyi, Lazlo, Juge, Cour Constitutionnelle, réponse sous-thème 2 (français)

 

Iceland / Islande:

 

Torfason, Hjörtur, Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Influential Constitutional Justice:Some Icelandic Perspectives

 

Indonesia / Indonésie:

 

Mahfud, Mohammad, Chief Justice, Constitutional Court, (abstract) The role of the Constitutional Court in the development of democracy in Indonesia

 

Israel / Israël:

 

Supreme Court, World Conference on Constitutional Justice (2009) Reply by the Supreme Court of Israel, The Wasser Case, The Supreme Monitoring Committee Case, The Louzon case

 

Ivory Coast / Côte d'Ivoire:

 

Yanon, Yapo, Président du Conseil Constitutionnel, La justice constitutionnelle influente: son influence sur la société et sur le développement d'une jurisprudence mondiale des droits de l'homme

 

Jordan / Jordanie:

 

Massadeh, Akram, Judge, Cassation Court, The impact of the Constitution on the legislative and judicial environment in Jordan (Arabic)

 

Kazakhstan:

 

Rogov, Igor, Chairman, Constitutional Council (Russian)

 

Korea, Republic / République de Corée:

 

Lee, Kong-Hyun, Justice, Constitutional Court, Constitutional review and regional cooperation among Asian countries  (plenary session), Constitutional review, social change and global cooperation - experience of Korea (workshop presentation)

 

Lesotho:

 

Peete, Semapo, Judge, High Court, Influential Constitutional Justice: its influence on society and on developing a global human rights jurisprudence - a Lesotho perspective

 

Libya:

 

Abotota, Abderrahman Muhammad, President of the High Court of Libya, Head of the UACCC, Opening Speech - delivered by Mr Mohammed Abdel Kader Abd Allah, Secretary General of the Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils, Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt (Arabic, English)

 

Lithuania:

 

Lapinskas, Kestutis, President, Constitutional Court, Some Aspects of the Influence of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania on Society

 

Malaysia / Malaisie:

 

Zakaria, Dato’ Arifin, Chief Justice, High Court, Influential constitutional justice - Its influence of society and on developing a global human rights jurisprudence. A Malaysian perspective

 

Mexico / Mexique:

 

Cossio Diaz, José Ramon, Judge at the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, holding the pro tempore Secretariat of the Ibero-American Conference of Constitutional Justice (CIJC), Workshop report for the Ibero-American Conference

 

Moldova:

 

Pulbere, Dumitru, Chairman, Constitutional Court, The Influence of Constitutional Justice on Society (Russian)

 

Monaco:

 

Roger Michel, Membre titulaire du Tribunal Suprême de Monaco, L’exemple du Tribunal Suprême de la Principauté de Monaco (French)

 

Mongolia / Mongolie:

 

Byambadorj, Jamsran, Chairman, Constitutional Court, Briefly about Constitutional court of Mongolia (English and Russian)

 

Montenegro / Monténégro

 

Markovic, Milan, President, Lopicic, Desanka, Deputy President, Constitutional Court, Answers to the questionnaire sub-themes

 

Mozambique:

 

Franque, Henrique, Judge, Lucia, Amaral, Judge, Constitutional Council, African network of constitutional law conference “Fostering constitutionalism in Africa”
 

Netherlands / Pays-bas:

 

van Dijk, Pieter, President of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State of the Netherlands, former judge of the European Court of Human Rights, Member of the Venice Commission, Constitutional Review in the Netherlands

 

Norway / Norvège:

 

Bruzelius, Karin M., Justice, Supreme Court of Norway, Judicial review within a unified court system

 

Philippines:

 

Azcuna, Adolfo,  Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippines, The Philippine Writ of Amparo: A New Remedy for Human Rights

 

Portugal:

 

Moura Ramos, President, Constitutional Tribunal, The Portuguese Human Rights Constitutional Law

 

Romania / Roumanie:

 

Vida, Ioan, President of the Constitutional Court of Romania and of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts (English and French)

 

Russia / Russie:

 

Zorkin, Valery, President, Constitutional Court, Human Rights within the context of global jurisprudence (English and Russian)

 

São Tomé and Príncipe / São Tomé et Príncipe:

 

Rodrigues Vera Cruz de Carvalho, Maria Alice, President, Supreme Court (English, French, Portuguese)

 

Serbia / Serbie:

 

Nenadic, Bosa, President, Vucic, Olivera, Justice, Constitutional Court, The impact of the of the practice of the Constitutional Court on Society (English and Serbian)

 

Slovakia / Slovaquie:

 

Macejkova, Ivetta, President, Constitutional Court, The Influence of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic on the Monism of the Slovak Legal System

 

Slovenia / Slovenie:

 

Ribicic, Ciril, Vice President, Constitutional Court,  Strengthening Constitutional Democracy

 

Thailand / Thaïlande:

 

Constitutional Court, Influential Constitutional Justice: its influence on society and on developing a global human rights jurisprudence - A Thai Perspective

 

"The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" / "L'ex République yougoslave de Macédoine":

 

Ivanovski, Trendafil, President, Constitutional Court, Constitutional justice in the Republic of Macedonia (English, French, Macedonian)

 

Spirovski, Igor, Judge, Constitutional Court, Constitutional Validity of Human Rights Treaties in the Republic of Macedonia: The Norms and the Courts (English and French)

 

Karakamisheva, Tanja, Associate Professor at the University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius”, Faculty of Law “Iustinius Primus”, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia, Substitute Member of Venice Commission, Constitutional Complaint - Procedural and Legal Instrument for Development of the Constitutional Justice (Case Study – Federal Republic of Germany, Republic of Croatia, Republic of Slovenia and Republic of Macedonia)

 

Tunisia / Tunisie:

 

Charfeddine, Mohamed Kamel, Member, Constitutional Council, Control of the constitutionality of laws and basic rights (English, French, Arabic)

 

Ukraine:

 

Stryzhak, Andrij, President, Constitutional Court, Protection of human and citizen's rights and freedoms as the key area of activity of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine (Russian)

 

Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils / l’Union des cours et conseils constitutionnels arabes:

 

Mr Mohammed Abdel Kader ABD ALLAH, Secretary General of the Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils, Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt  (Arabic, English / French)

 

United Kingdom / Royaume uni:

 

Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Senior Law Lord, House of Lords, United Kingdom