“How much transparency does the rule of law need?”

 

9.00 - 13.00 hrs Palais Ferstel

1)Welcome Address
2)

Presentations and discussion

  • Danuta HÜBNER
    Co-Chair of the Intergroup Anti-Corruption of the European Parliament, former EU Commissioner
  • Andrés RITTER
    Deputy European Chief Prosecutor
  • Karoline EDTSTADLER (Video message)
    Federal Minister for the EU and Constitution of the Republic of Austria
  • Deborah ENIX-ROSS
    President of theAmerican Bar Association
  • Alina MUNGIU-PIPPIDI
    Chair of the European Research Centre for Anticorruption and State-Building at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin
  • Nicholas AIOSSA
    Deputy Director of Transparency International EU
  • Panagiotis PERAKIS
    President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe

Moderation: Christian ULTSCH- Head of Department Foreign Policy of the daily newspaper “Die Presse” and Editor-in-Chief „Die Presse am Sonntag“

3)

Urgent country reports and reports from European and international bar associations

  • Lidiya IZOVITOVA
    President of the Ukrainian National Bar Association

(Written reports can be found at www.e-p-k.at)

4)Mutual Understanding
5)Closing remarks
Armenak UTUDJIAN
President of the Austrian Bar