CONSTITUTIONAL JUSTICE AND PEACE

Bali, Republic of Indonesia, 4-7 October 2022

 

Tuesday, 4 October 2022

Meetings of the regional and linguistic groups

  • Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa – CCJA, Mme Laurinda JACINTO PRAZERES MONTEIRO CARDOSO, Présidente de la CJCA, Présidente de la Cour constitutionnel d’Angola
  • Ibero-American Conference of Constitutional Justice – CIJC, Mr Milton RAY GUEVARA, President, Constitutional Court, Dominican Republic
  • Eurasian Association of Constitutional Review Bodies, Mr Kairat Abdrazakuly MAMI, President, Constitutional Council, Kazakhstan
  • Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions – AACC, Mr Namjil CHINBAT, President, Constitutional Court, Mongolia
  • Southern African Chief Justices Forum – SACJF and Commonwealth Courts, Mr Peter SHIVUTE, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, Namibia
  • Association of Constitutional Courts using the French Language – ACCF, Ms Caroline PETILLON, Secretary General of ACCF, Head of External Affairs, Constitutional Council, France
  • Conference of European Constitutional Courts – CECC, Ms Domnica MANOLE, President, Constitutional Court, Republic of Moldova
  • Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils – UACCC, Mr Adel OMAR SHERIF, Vice-President, Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt
  • Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of the Portuguese-Speaking Countries – CJCPLP,  Ms Lúcia Da LUZ RIBEIRO, President, Constitutional Council, Mozambique

Meeting of the Bureau of the World Conference, Chair: Ms Caroline PETILLON, Secretary General of ACCF, Head of External Affairs, Constitutional Council, France

 

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

 

Opening Ceremony

Remarks:

 

Official Opening Remarks:

  • President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr. Joko WIDODO

 

Session A - Sources and Jurisdiction

Chair:  Mr. Omar BELHADJ, President of the Constitutional Court, Algeria
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Anwar USMAN, Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court, Indonesia (original English, French)
Discussant: Ms. Simina TANASESCU. Judge of the Constitutional Court, Romania (rev. 17/10/2022) (original English, French)
Rapporteur: Ms. Joana FERNANDES COSTA, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Portugal (original English, French)

 

Session B- Application

Chair: Mr. Kairat Mami, Chairman of the Constitutional Council, Kazakhstan
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Zühtü ARSLAN, President of the Constitutional Court, Turkey (original English, French)
Discussant:  Mr. Aldis LAVINS, President of the Constitutional Court, Latvia (rev. 14/10/2022) (original English, French)
Rapporteur: Mr. Nadir ELMOUMNI, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Morocco (rev. 18/10/2022) (English, original French)

 

Session C - Limitation of the Role of Constitutional Courts in Maintaining Peace

Chair: Mr. Adel Omar SHERIF, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Emil OSKONBAEV, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Kyrgyzstan (original English, French)
Discussant: Ms. Laurinda PRAZERES MONTEIRO CARDOSO, President of the Constitutional Court, Angola (English, French, original Portuguese)
Rapporteur:  Mr. Candido CONDE-PUMPIDO TOURON, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Spain (English, French, original Spanish)

 

Thursday, 6 October 2022

 

Session D - Fundamental Principles: The Protection of Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law as a
Pre-Condition to Peace

Chair: Mr. Milton Ray Guevara, President of the Constitutional Court, the Dominican Republic
Keynote Speaker: Mr. Namseok YOO, President of the Constitutional Court, Korea (original English, French)
Discussant: Ms. Lúcia da LUZ RIBEIRO, President of the Constitutional Council, Mozambique (rev. 17/10/2022) (English, French, original Portuguese)
Rapporteur: Mr. Farhad ABDULLAYEV, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Azerbaijan (rev. 14/10/2022) (original English, French)

 

Session E - Stocktaking on the Independence of the Member Courts
(Member Courts only; reports available in the Venice Forum)

Chair: Mr. Christoph GRABENWARTER, President of the Constitutional Court of Austria
Keynote Speaker: Ms. Silvana SCIARRA, President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
Discussant: Mr. Palan MULONDA, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Zambia
Rapporteur: Ms. Danutė JOCIENE, President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania 

 

Presentation of Venice Commission's Database CODICES and e-Bulletin, Mr. Schnutz Rudolf Dürr, Secretary General of the World Conference on Constututional Justice

 

Closing Session & Report by Rapporteurs
(links same as above)

 

Session A - Ms. Joana FERNANDES COSTA, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Portugal (original English, French)

Session B - Mr. Nadir ELMOUMNI, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Morocco (rev. 18/10/2022) (English, original French)

Session C - Mr. Candido CONDE-PUMPIDO TOURON, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Spain (English, French, original Spanish)

Session D - Mr. Farhad ABDULLAYEV, Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Azerbaijan (rev. 14/10/2022) (original English, French)

Session E - Ms. Danutė JOCIENE, President of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania (report available in the Venice Forum)

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE WCCJ

 

CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE 5TH CONGRESS

Adoption of the Bali Communiqué 

 

Closing remarks:

  • President Emeritus / Special Representative of the Venice Commission, Mr. Gianni BUQUICCHIO  (original English, French)
  • Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, Mr. Anwar USMAN

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