In conjunction with the 15th anniversary of The Rule of Law Institute Foundation we invite you to our Jubilee Conference “The Rule of Law: Reconciling Accountability and Independence of The Judiciary” which will take place in Lublin on the 17th of September 2016.
10:00 Reception
10:30 OPENINING OF THE CONFERENCE
# Prof. Delaine R. Swenson – Chairman of the Foundation Council of the Rule of Law Institute, Director of the Center for Advancing Legal Skills, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
# Fifteen Years of the Rule of Law Institute – Dr Tomasz Sieniow – President of the Board of the Rule of Law Institute
11:00 INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
SSN Dariusz Zawistowski – Chairman of National Council of the Judiciary in Poland;
Łukasz Piebiak – Vice-Minister of Justice of Poland;
Dr Adam Bodnar – Commissioner for Human Rights;
SSR Tomasz Zawiślak – Member of the Board of the Polish Judges Association „Iustitia”
11:30 – 12:45 – First Panel: JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN POLAND (Moderator: Dr Tomasz Sieniow – President of the Rule of Law Institute Board)
# MONITORING OF THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR THE JUSTICES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT IN POLAND (2005-2015) – Grzegorz Wiaderek – Member of the Board of INPRIS – Institute for Law and Society
# THE PRESIDENT OF POLAND IN THE CHECKS AND BALANCES MECHANISM OVER THE JUDICIAL BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT – Adw. Jerzy Kwaśniewski – President of the Board of Ordo Iuris – Institute for Legal Culture
# RIGHT OF A JUDGE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC LIFE – SSO Artur Ozimek – District Court of Lublin
Discussion
12:45 Coffee break
13:15 – 14:45 – Second Panel: JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY – INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE (Moderator: Marzena Rzeszót – Member of the Board of the Rule of Law Institute)
# CONSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY AND JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE – Prof. Andras Zs. Varga – Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Judge of Constitutional Court of Hungary, Member of Venice Commission
# PROBLEMS WITH INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY IN UKRAINE – Prof. Andrey Boyko, Former Dean of the Law Faculty at Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Member of High Council of Judiciary of Ukraine
# AMERICAN EXPERIENCE WITH BALANCING JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND APPLICATION TO THE POLISH SITUATION – Prof. Delaine R. Swenson – Director of the Center for Advancing Legal Skills, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Chairman of the Foundation Council of the Rule of Law Institute
Discussion
14:45 Closing of the Conference
SSN Maria Teresa Romer – Chairperson of the Program Council of the Rule of Law Institute
