November 15 – 16, 2018
Tallinn, Estonia
Tallinn University, Auditorium Maximus
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have all joined the main global and regional human rights instruments and are viewed as compliant with their international human rights obligations. Yet there has not been a comprehensive comparative analysis of the human rights situation in the three Baltic countries. This conference will review trends and developments in the Baltic countries since the restoration of independence until the present day.
The two-day closing conference of HURMUR Project will be divided into two overall themes, each with two sessions. Day I will focus on Legal framework and processes, with sessions on The European Court of Human Rights and Domestic protection of human rights. Day II will focus on Actors and challenges, with sessions on Old and new human rights actors, and Current and future challenges.
Conference Programme:
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2018: LEGAL FRAMEWORK AND PROCESSES
- 9:00 Welcome
Mart Susi, Professor of Human Rights Law, School of Governance, Law and Society, Tallinn University
- 9:15 Keynote speech
Mikael Rask Madsen, Director of the Centre of Excellence for International Courts, University of Copenhagen
- 10.00 Session 1: Baltic countries and Europe (the Strasbourg view)
Overview and lessons of the Lithuanian cases in the Strasbourg Court
Egidijus Kuris, Judge, Euroepan Court of Human Rights
Overview and lessons of the Latvian cases in the Strasbourg Court
Kristine Lice, Representative of Latvia before the European Court of Human Rights
Overview and lessons of the Estonian cases in the Strasbourg Court
Maris Kuurberg, Representative of Estonia before the European Court of Human Rights
Each presentation will conclude with a QA and discussion
Coffee break at around 11:30
- 12.45 Lunch
- 14.00 Session 2: Domestic protection of human rights
Remedies against human rights violations in Lithuania
Rimvydas Norkus, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania
Remedies against human rights violations in Estonia
Priit Pikamäe, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Estonia
Remedies against human rights violations in Latvia
Arturs Kućs, Judge at the Constitutional Court of Latvia
Each presentation will conclude with a QA and discussion
Coffee break at around 15:30
- 16.45 Wrapping up
Tiina Pajuste, Associate Professor, School of Governance, Law and Society, Tallinn University
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 16, 2018: ACTORS AND CHALLENGES
- 9:00 Welcome and summing up from yesterday
Hans-Otto Sano, Director of Research, Danish Institute for Human Rights
- 9:15 Keynote speech
Sirpa Rautio, Director of the Finnish Human Rights Centre
- 10.00 Session 3: Current and future challenges
Current Developments in the Field of LGBT Rights
Philip Ayoub, Associate Professor in the Department of Diplomacy & World Affairs at Occidental College
Social Practice of Human Rights Protection – The Case of Gender Discrimination
Alina Zvinkliene, Chief Researcher at the Institute of Sociology of the Lithuanian Social Research Center
Security, Fundamental Rights and the Role of Courts
Janneke Gerards, Professor of Fundamental Rights Law at Utrecht University
Each presentation will conclude with a QA and discussion
Coffee break at around 11:30
- 12.45 Lunch break
- 14.00 Session 4: Current and future challenges
Prioritizing National Interest at the Expense of Narrowing Regular Migrant Mobility and Residence
Elina Todorov, PhD Student at the University of Tampere
Climate change litigation before the ECtHR
Heta Heiskanen, Post-Doc Researcher at the University of Tampere
The normative force of the ECtHR: The moral reading of rights in minority cases
Elina Pekkarinen, PhD Candidate at the University of Tampere
The Delfian Model: The ECtHR erred and crashed it in Delfi v. Estonia
Liudmila Sivetc, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Turku
Each presentation will conclude with a QA and discussion
Coffee break at around 15:30
- 16:45 Closing remarks
Mart Susi, Professor of Human Rights Law, School of Governance, Law and Society, Tallinn University
Additional information:
If you have any questions about the conference and arrangements, contact us:
Carsten Wulff:
E-mail: wulffc@tlu.ee