Inauguration

Speeches:

  • H.E. Mr. Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union 
  • H.E. Mr. Sacko Modibo, President of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights
  • H.E. Ms. Nancy Hernández López, President of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights 
  • H.E. Mr. Mattias Guyomar, President of the European Court of Human Rights 
  • H.E. Mr. Félix Bolaños García, Minister for the Presidency, Justice and Parliamentary Relations
  • H.E. Mr. Gianni Buquicchio, Special Representative, President Emeritus of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe (original English)
  • H.E. Mr. Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón, President of the Constitutional Court of Spain (original Spanish)

 

Session A: The preservation of Natural Resources and the Environment

Participants:

  • Chair: H.E. Ms. Olga Sovgyria, Judge of the Constitutional Court Ukraine (original Spanish)
  • Speaker: H.E. Mr. Marco D'Alberti, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy (original English)
  • Speaker: H.E. Ms. Mandisa Maya, President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (original English)
  • Discussant: H.E. Mr. César Tolosa, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Spain (original Spanish)

 

Session B: Preservation of Humankind’s Cultural Heritage

Participants:

  • Chair: H.E. Ms. María Luisa Segoviano, Justice of the Constitutional Court of Spain (original Spanish)
  • Speaker: H.E. Mr. Kadir Özkaya, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Türkiye (original English)
  • Speaker: H.E. Ms. Army Ferreira, Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Dominican Republic (original Spanish)
  • Discussant: H.E. Mr. Abdelhafidh Oussoukine, Member of the Constitutional Court of Algeria

 

Session C: Access to Scientific Knowledge and New Technologies

Participants:

  • Chair: H.E. Mr. Jorge Ibañez Najar, President of the Constitutional Court of Colombia (original Spanish)
  • Speaker: H.E. Ms. Irena Kucina, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia (original English)
  • Speaker: H.E. Ms. Lúcia da Luz Ribeiro, President of the Constitutional Court of Mozambique (original Portuguese)
  • Discussant: H.E. Ms. Elena Simina Tănăsescu, President of the Constitutional Court of Romania (original French)

 

Session D: Independence of Constitutional Courts

Participants:

  • Chair: H.E. Mr. Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón, President of the Constitutional Court of Spain
  • Speaker: H.E. Mr. M.M. Sundresh, Justice of the Supreme Court of India
  • Speaker: Professor Nakharin Mektrairat Ph.D, President of the Constitutional Court of Thailand.
  • Speaker: H.E. Mr. Alexandre de Moraes, Vice-President of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
  • Discussant: H.E. Mr. Boulos Fahmy Iskandar, President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt

 

Final Session of the Congress and Report by Rapporteurs

Participants:

  • Chair: H.E. Ms. Inmaculada Montalbán, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Spain (original Spanish)
  • Speaker: H.E. Ms. Simona Granata-Menghini, Director, Secretary of the Venice Commission, Secretary General of the WCCJ (original English)
  • Rapporteur session A: H.E. Ms. Laurinda Cardoso, President TC Angola (original English)
  • Rapporteur session B: H.E. Mr. Héctor Mery, Justice of the Constitutional Court of Chile (original Spanish)
  • Rapporteur session C: H.E. Mr. Hyungdu Kim, Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea (original English)
  • Rapporteur session D: H.E. Ms. Miriam Meßling, Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

 

Official Closing of the VI Congress of the WCCJ under the presidency of His Majesty the King of Spain

Speeches:

  • H.E. Ms. Claire Bazy-Malaurie, President of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe (original English)
  • H.E. Mr. Cándido Conde-Pumpido Tourón, President of the Constitutional Court of Spain (original Spanish)
  • His Majesty the King of Spain Felipe VI (original English)

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