Prior to the inaugural lecture by Prof. John Morijn (University of Groningen), the Our Rule of Law team will host open panel conversations with academics, civil society leaders, and judges from across Europe and beyond working to protect liberal democracy.
FASoS’s Akudo McGee will share insights on rule of law and human rights in Poland.
When: 24 June, from 13.30 – 15.30
Where: Academy Building, University of Groningen
Costs: free
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Other panellists include Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University); Adam Bodnar (former Polish ombudsman); Márta Pardavi (co-chair, Hungarian Helsinki Committee); Wojciech Sadurski (scholar of Constitutional Law); Sophie in ‘t Veld (Member of European Parliament); Laurent Pech (Middlesex University); Judge Tamara Trotman (President, Judges for Judges); Judge Tomasz Posłuszny (Board member, Iustitia Polish judges association); Jakub Jaraczewski (Research coordinator, Democracy Reporting International); Radosveta Vassileva (Bulgarian legal scholar in comparative public and private law); and more.
Topics will include women as driving force on the frontlines of protecting liberal democracy; personal impact on rule of law heroes standing up against democratic backsliding; solidarity between judges across borders; and the role of students and young people in ensuring the perseverance of liberal democracies.
Our Rule of Law is also interested in hearing what insight participants would like to gain from world-leading academics, high-level politicians, on-the-ground civil society leaders, and suppressed judges, what questions they think are central to protecting liberal democracies anno 2022, and what questions should be asked to these panellists.
