Rule of Law resilience and conditionality inside and outside the EU

Program

Thursday, 19 June 2025 

14.15-14.30 Welcome address: Paolo Carta, Dean of the Law Faculty, University of Trento
 

14.30-15.00 Keynote speech: Hanna Suchocka, University of Poznán
 

15.00-17.00 First panel
The Rule of Law-methodology as a result of the reciprocal influence of the Rule of Law-crisis
and the Rule of Law-conditionality

Moderator: Luisa Antoniolli, University of Trento

1. European Union (EU): Cristina Fasone, LUISS University, Rome
2. Western Balkans: Jovana Marović, University of Belgrade
3. Ukraine-Moldova-Georgia (UMG): Caterina Filippini, University of Milan
4. Eastern Partnership, focus Armenia”: Anna Khvorostiankina, Eurasia International University (Yerevan, Armenia)

Discussant: Esther Happacher, University of Innsbruck

17.15-18.45 Second panel
The Constitutional Courts in focus: political interference and resilience 

Moderator: Simone Penasa

1. European Union (EU): Tania Groppi, University of Siena
2. Western Balkans: Constance Grewe, University of Strasbourg
3. Ukraine-Moldova-Georgia (UMG): Halyna Dovhan, University of Trento

Discussant: Pietro Faraguna, University of Trieste
 

Friday, 20 June 2025

9.00-10.30 Third panel
Judicial Councils between institutional guarantee of independence and accountability

Moderator: Jens Woelk, University of Trento

1. European Union (EU): Frans van Dijk, University of Utrecht
2. Western Balkans: Gianluigi Pratola, Court of Cassation, Rome
3. Ukraine-Moldova-Georgia (UMG): Simona Granata-Menghini, Venice Commission TBC

Discussants: David Pimentel, University of Idaho; Rada Sitar, Universities of Maribor and Trento

11.00-12.30 Discussion and conclusions
Rapporteur: Roberto Toniatti, University of Trento

Scientific Board and coordination: Halyna Dovhan, Simone Penasa, Jens Woelk

Event organized as part of Jean Monnet Module: EU-Prox. Innovating European Studies: Geopolitics and Sustainability of Enlargement

Cofunded by the European Union