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SupremeCourts 3.918 con'ference 20 r.8 Riigikohus Brno, 31 May 2018 I 2 -06- 20t8 Ref. No.: S522l2OL7 Saadud nr ... Dear Mr President, We are pleased to invite you to an international conference organised by the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic and the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic on the topic of 'Supreme Courts in Changing Times' which will be held from the 5th to the 7th of November 2018 with a support of the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic. The conference is being organised as a part of a commemoration of the looth anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Court of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. The conference will take place in two European cities of a judicial importance - in Brno and in Bratislava. The conference will start on Monday evening, the 5th of Novembe r 2O!8, with a reception in Hotel lnternational Brno which will provide possibility for meeting of all invited guests. Given that this year is the L00th since the establishment of the Supreme Court of Czechoslovakia, the topics of the individual panels of the conference were chosen with regard to this fact. On Tuesday morning, the first conference panel which will also be held in Hotel lnternational Brno will be dedicated to the historical perspective on the functioning of the Supreme Courts between 1918 and 2018. Number of experts on the historical context of this period will present their contributions. Namely, Ladislav Vojäöek, Head of the Department of History of the State and Law, Masaryk University; Jan Kuklik, Dean of Faculty of Law, Charles University; Jozef Yozär, Director of the lnstitute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Stanislav Balik, judge emeritus of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic. The morning programme will then be followed by a panel containing contributions on the topic of the challenges of the judiciary in modern times with a focus on the independence in the context of national and international politics. Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the lnternational Criminal Court, will comment on the issue at hand. Other prominent speakers include Lord Mance, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom; Jean-Claude Wiwinius, President of the Supreme Court of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Marek Safjan, judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union. After lunch, the third panel 'Admissibility of Extraordinary Appeal: Does a Broad Review Lead to a More Effective Justice?' will be discussed. lts aim is to present different schemes used by various jurisdictions as to the filtering mechanisms of (extraordinary) appeals referred to the Supreme Courts. lt will be opened by the President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic Pavel Šämal. The audience of the conference will then have an opportunity to listen to the contributions of prominent speakers such as P6ter Daräk, President of the Curia of Hungary; Michal Bobek, Advocate Generalof the Court of Justice of the European Union and Jukka Sippo, judge of the Supreme Court of Finland. Transfer of participants to the capital of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava, is planned during the next day, on the 7th of November, where the programme of the conference will continue. Topic 'The Role and Position of the Supreme Courts at Present and Prospects for the Future' will take place throughout the second day of the conference. Elisabeth Lovrek, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Austria; Damijan Florjanõiõ, President of the Supreme court of the Republic of Slovenia and Roman Fiala, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic will present their contributions to the current challenges faced by the Supreme Courts and perspectives in their solution. The Court of Justice of the European Union will be represented by Daniel Šväby, judge ofthe Court ofiustice and Juraj Schwarcz, judge ofthe General Court. This international conference will be the most important judicial forum for the Czech and the Slovak judiciary in 2018 given the up-to-date topics, the national significance of the anniversary and last but not least, the profile ofthe invited guests. The conference will be held in Czech/Slovak, English and French. According to the preliminary programme, the conference will start on Monday, the 5th of November 2018, in Brno when we expect the arrival of the most of the guests. The conference will end on Wednesday, the 7th of November 2018 in Bratislava. Please find enclosed the draft programme of the conference and the registration form. Please send the form before the 10th of September 2018 to the attention of Marcela Bauer either via mail (Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Burešova zo, 657 37 Brno) or via e-mail ( ma rcela. ba uer(o nsoud.cz). Travel, accommodation or insurances costs will not be reimbursed. Conference programme and other information about theconference are available on the website https ://www.conference2018.eu. We look forward to welcoming you in Brno and Bratislava Sincerely yours / /'(t(/( \_._-) PavelŠämal Daniela Švecovä President President Supreme Court of the Czech Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic Republic Attachment: Draft Programme Registration Form Mr Priit Pikamäe Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Supreme Court of Estonia Lossi 17 50093 Tartu ESTONIA SupremeCourts 1*."Li conference p*3,e Preliminary programme 5 November.2078 L9:00 Welcome reception, Hotel lnternational Brno 6 November.20L8 8:00 - 8:50 Registration 9:00 - 9:30 Opening of the Conference Pavel Šämal, President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic Honourable Guests Miloš Zeman, President of the Czech Repubtic Milan Štšch, President of the Senate of the Czech Republic Radek Vondräöek, President of the Chomber of Deputies of the Czech Republic Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Pavel Rychetsk'i, President of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic Daniela švecovä, President of the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic Robert Pelikän, Minister of Justice of the Czech Republic 9:30 - 11:00 Panel l: Historical View on the Functioning of the Supreme Courts between 1918 - 2018 Moderator: František Püry The Establishment of the Czechoslovak Supreme Court' Ladislov Vojdöek, Head of the Department of History of the State and Law ot the Faculty of Law, Masaryk University 'Continuity and Discontinuity after the Foundation of the Czechoslovakia and the Role of the Supreme Court' lan Kuklik, Deon of the Faculty of Law, Charles lJniversity 'Historical lssues of the Judiciary and Slovak Lawyers at the Supreme Court of the Czechoslovakia' lozef Vozdr, Director of the lnstitute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences 'Judges of the Supreme Court of the Czechoslovakia in the Years 1918 - 1938', Stanislav Balik, judge emeritus of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic 1L:00 - 11:30 Coffee break 11:30 - 13:30 Panel ll: Challenges of the Judiciary in Modern Times: lndependence in the Context of Nationaland !nternational Politics  Moderator: Zdenök Kühn Keynote Speech: 'Challenges of the Judiciary in Modern Times from the Perspective of the lnternational Crimina! Court'TBC Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of the lnternational Criminal Court 'Ensuring the Rule of Law, while recognising the Different lnstitutional roles of the Executive, Legislative and Judiciaq/ Lord Mance, Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom 'The !ndependence of the Judge in Luxembourg: External and lnternal Aspects' teon-Cloude Wiwinius, President of the Supreme Court of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg 'Judicial lndependence as the Condition of Democract' Mdrek Safian, judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union 13:30 - 14:30 Lunch break 14:30 - 16:30 Pane! lll: Admissibility of an Extraordinary Appeal: Does a Broad Review Lead to a More Effective Justice? Moderator: Jan Passer Keynote Speech: 'Admissibility of an Extraordinary Appeal: Models and their Functloning in Practice - Time for a Change?' Pavel šdmal, President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic 'Filtering and Legal Certainty' Pöter Dardk, President of the Curia of Hungary 'What the Case Selection before Supreme Jurisdiction is not supposed to be' Michal Bobek, Advocote Generol of the Court of Justice of the European Union 'Filtering the Appeals to the Supreme Court: The Finnish Approach' tukka Sippo, judge of the Supreme Court of Finland 16:30 Closing of the first conference day t7:OO Departure from Hotel lnternational Brno to Slavkov-Austerlitz t7:45 Arrival to Slavkov-Austerlitz t7:45 - 19.L5 Visit of the expositions of Chateau Slavkov-Austerlitz L9:15 Welcome drink 19:30 -21:30 Gala dinner 7 November.20L8 9:00 Transfer from Brno to Bratislava (Bratislava Castle) 10:30 - 11:00 Registration 11:0O - 12:30 Panel lV: The Role and Position of the Supreme Courts at Present and Prospects for the Future  Moderator: TBD 'Supreme Courts finding their way between Constitutional Courts, the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice: Some Reflections from an Austrian Perspectlve' Elisabeth Lovrek, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic of Austria 'Democracy, Environment and the Supreme Court of the SIovak Republic' Doniel švdby, judge of the Court of Justice of the European lJnion TBD Damijdn Florjanöiö, President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia 12:30 - 14:30 Lunch break t4z30 - 16:00 Panel lV: The Role and Position of the Supreme Courts at Present and Prospects for the Future (continued) Moderator: TBD TBD lurdj Schwarcz, judge of the General Court of the Court of Justice of the Europeon Union 'Ratio, Aim and the Necessity of the Recodification of the Czech Civil Procedural Law' Romon Fialo, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic 16:00 - 16:30 Coffee break t7:OO - 19:30 Closing of the Conference, reception Andrej Kisko, President of the Slovak Republic 20:00 Departure to Brno 8. 1L.2018 Breakfast and departure of delegations REGISTRATION FORM 'Supreme Courts in Changing Times' lnternational conference organised by the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic and the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic Date: 5th - 7th of November 2018 Venue: Hotel lnternational Brno, Czech Republic + Bratislava Castle, Slovak Republic Deadline for registration: lOth of September 2018 Name of the participant: Organisation: Position: Postal address: E-mail: Phone number: Accompanying person I will attend: o Welcome reception, Hotel lnternational Brno, 5th of November 2018 - Yes/No o Transfer from Bratislava to Brno - Yes/No o Transfer from Brno to Bratislava - Yes/No o Transfer from Bratislava to Brno, 6th of November 20L8 - Yes/No o Lunch, Hotel lnternational Brno, 6th of November 2018 - Yes/No o Gala dinner, Chateau Slavkov-Austerlitz, 6th of November 2018 - Yes/No o Transfer to Chateau Slavkov-Austerlitz - Yes/No o Transfer from Chateau Slavkov-Austerlitz - Yes/No o Visit of the expositions of Chateau Slavkov-Austerlitz, 6th of November 2018 - Yes/No !  REGISTRATION FORM o The Austerlitz Exposition - Little Town, Big History (audio guide in EN/DE/ RU - recommended for foreign visitors)- Yes/No o The Law of Torture Exposition - Yes/No o Exposition of the Apple Company products - Yes/No o Transfer from Brno to Bratislava (after the end of the first conference day), 6th of November 2O!8- Yes/No o Transfer from Brno to Bratislava, 7th of November 2018 - Yes/No o Lunch, Bratislava, 7th of November 2018 - Yes/No o Reception, Bratislava, 7th of November 2OL8 - Yes/No o Transfer from Bratislava to Brno, 7th of November 2018 - Yes/No Dietary requirements: Way of transportation Arrival (date and time) Airport - Flight No. Departure (date and time) Airport - Flight No. I require a transport o From the airport to the hotel (day and time) - Yes/No o From the hotel to the airport (day and time) - Yes/No Notes: 2  . REGISTRATION FORM Please send the registratlon form before 10th of September 2018 to the attention of Marcela Bauer either via mail (Supreme Court of the Czech Republic, Burešova 20,657 37 Brno) or via e-mail ([email protected]). 3