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7th International Forum on the Constitutional Justice
«Political Rights and Free Elections»


On October 22~V23, 2004 in Moscow will take place the 7th International Forum
on Constitutional Justice. It will address the theme: Political Rights and
Free Elections.
The Institute of Law and Public Policy under the aegis of the Constitutional
Court of the Russian Federation continues the series of meetings that are
designed to stimulate the exchange of experiences, together with an analysis
of the current issues in the development of constitutional review in the
countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The meeting is also designed to
help expand international connections and cooperation in this area of study.
The first six forums focused on; the role of constitutional courts in the
establishment and protection of human rights; the interpretation of
constitutional provisions and its role in defining the legal nature of
welfare rights and the limits of their constitutional protection; and the
impact of constitutional courts upon social policy, and the protection of
property rights. This focus has maintained an emphasis upon the
implementation of court decisions and the separation of powers.

Political rights and freedoms embody the realization of the citizen~Rs
interests and his political activity. The utilization of such rights,
together with their legal defense, contributes toward the convocation of
free elections and the overall functioning of a democratic society. The
permissibility and scope for restraining these political rights, the right
to association, the freedom of expression and access to information, the
freedom of assembly, the right to vote etc, is an acute problem during
pre-election periods in all democratic countries. The exchange of views and
experiences in this area between judges of constitutional courts and legal
experts from different countries is of great relevance for the development
of contemporary constitutional law.

The Forum will include discussions between justices and staff members of the
constitutional courts of East, West and Central European countries, as well
as leading Russian and foreign experts in the area of constitutional
justice.

Additional information can be obtained
by phone: +7 (095) 928-00-20
or by e-mail: riga@ilpp.ru.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
VII International Forum on Constitutional Justice
«Political Rights and Free Elections»
22~V23 October, 2004 ~U Moscow
Hotel ~SSheraton Palace~T: 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 19
St. Petersburg conference room



Friday, 22 October, 2004
  9:00 ~V 9:30Registration of the participants
9:30 ~V 9:45OPENING SESSION ~V WELCOME SPEECHES
Ms. Olga Sidorovich,
Director of the Institute for Law and Public Policy

On behalf of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
Mr. Valerij Zorkin,
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation

On behalf of the European Court of Human Rights
Mr. Lech Garlicki,
Justice of the European Court of Human Rights

On behalf of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
Mr. Markus Ingenlath,
Director of the Moscow Office


9:45 ~V 11:15FIRST SESSION
Moderator:Mr. Gadis Gadzhiev,
Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
Speakers:Mr. Valerij Zorkin,
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
«Electoral rights of citizens in the Russian Constitutional Court Decisions»
Mr. Aleksandr Veshnyakov,
Chairman of the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation
«Development of Russian Electoral Law in the Context of Human Rights:
Principal Trends»
Discussion
11:15 ~V 11:30Coffee break
11:30 ~V 13:00FIRST SESSION (CONTINUATION)
Speakers:Mr. Jan Mazak,
Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic
«The protection of political rights with special aspect to the
constitutionality of elections (Slovak experience)»
  145 kb
Ms. Renata Uitz,
Assistant Professor of the Central European University (Hungary)
«Freedom of Speech before Elections: on the Wisdom of Campaign Silence
and Other Restrictions»
  20 kb
Discussion
13:00 ~V 13:45Lunch
13:45 ~V 15:15SECOND SESSION
Moderator:Mr. Alexander Blankenagel,
Professor of the Humboldt University (Germany)
Speakers:Mr. Evgeni Tantchev,
Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria
«Organic Model of Political freedom and Political Rights in the Nation
States»
  94 kb
Mr. Hans Meyer,
Professor of the Humboldt University (Germany)
«Electoral law as an Instrument of Distribution of Power»
Discussion
15:15 ~V 15:30Coffee break
15:30 ~V 18:30SECOND SESSION (CONTINUATION)
Speakers:Mr. Jerzy Stepien,
Justice of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland
«Evolution of Electoral Law in the IIIrd Republic of Poland»
Mr. Aleksandr Postnikov,
Head of the Department for Constitutional Law, Institute for Legislation and
Comparative Law (Russia)
«Russian Electoral Legislation and Protection of Citizen~Rs Rights»
Discussion
18:30Closing of the Forum~Rs first day
Saturday, 23 October, 2004
10:00 ~V 11:30THIRD SESSION
Moderator:Mr. Lech Garlicki,
Justice of the European Court of Human Rights
Speakers:Mr. Rosemarie Will, Professor of the Humboldt University,
Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Land Brandenburg (Germany)
«The Examination of Elections and Mandates be State and Federal
Constitutional Court ~V Shown by Example of the Brandenburg Constitutional
Court»
Mr. Vitautas Sinkevicius,
Justice of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania
«Impeachment and Restriction of the Right to be Elected»
   96 kb
Discussion
11:30 ~V 11:45Coffee break
11:45 ~V 13:30THIRD SESSION (CONTINUATION)
Speakers:Ms. Andrea Mezei,
Consellor of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Hungary
«The Effect of the Constitutional Court of Hungary on the Improvement of
Electoral Law»
  137 kb
Ms. Anita Usazka,
Justice of the International Criminal Court, Former Justice of the
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia
«The Role of the Constitutional Courts in the Protection of Electoral Rights
(Example of Latvia)»
Discussion
13:30 ~V 14:15Lunch
14:15 ~V 15:45FOURTH SESSION
Moderator:Mr. Alexander Blankenagel,
Professor of the Humboldt University (Germany)
Speakers:Mr. Lech Garlicki,
Justice of the European Court of Human Rights
«Electoral Rights in the Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human
Rights»
   77 kb
Speakers:Mr. Yuri Berestnev,
Deputy Head of the Main State-Legal Directorate of the Administration of the
President of the Russian Federation
«Complaints against the Abuse of Electoral Rights in the Russian Federation»
Discussion
15:45 ~V 16:00Coffee break
16:00 ~V 17:45THE FINAL SESSION
Mr. Stephen Holmes,
Professor of the New York University School of Law (USA)
«Constitutionalism and Counter-Terrorism: a US Perspective»
Mr. Hector Lopes Bofill,
Professor of the University of Pompeu Fabra (Spain)
«~SMilitant Democracy~T and the Outlaw of Political Parties as Menace Against
Political Rights»
  75 kb
Discussion
17:45Closing of the Forum

Institute for Law and Public Policy
under the aegis of the
Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation
in cooperation with the
Konrad Adenauer Foundation
with financial support of
John D. and Katherine Ò. MacArthur Foundation