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“Deregulation and the Rule of Law: Opportunity or Threat?”

 

10:00 - 14:30 Palais Ferstel

1)

Welcome Address
 

  • Armenak UTUDJIAN
    President of the Austrian Bar
2)

Presentations and discussion

  • Michael McGRATH (Video message)
    Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, European Commission
  • Sarah ARMSTRONG
    Professor Sociological & Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow Former Director Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research
  • Helga BERGER
    Member of the European Court of Auditors and Chair of the Audit Quality Control Committee European Court of Auditors
  • Peter CSOKLICH
    Lawyer and Partner DSC Doralt Seist Csoklich in Vienna, Professor Vienna University of Economics and Business, Chair International Deontology Committee Austrian Bar, Member of the Executive Committee Vienna Bar
  • Lukas Mandl
    Member of the European Parliament, Member Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Substitute Special committee on the European Democracy Shield

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

3) 

Summary
 

  • Armenak UTUDJIAN and Christian ULTSCH
4)

Perspective from the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE)
 

  • Thierry WICKERS
    CCBE President
5)

Urgent country reports and reports from European and international bar associations

  • Lidiya IZOVITOVA
    President of the Ukrainian National Bar Association

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

6)

Closing remarks
 

  • Armenak UTUDJIAN
    President of the Austrian Bar