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Rule of Law Conference in Cascais
The Institute for the Global Rule of Law of the EPLO organized a Conference entitled 'The Rule of Law and the Administration of Justice' on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 January 2025 at Casa de Santa Maria the headquarters of the EPLO Regional Branch, Cascais with the participation of Professor Giuliano Amato, Emeritus President of the Constitutional Court of Italy and former PM, the Mayor of Cascais Mr Carlos Carrieras, Mr M. de Serpa Soares former Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs and UN legal Counsel and distinguished personalities of the local and International community.
The Program included the following sections and speakers:
Saturday, 18 January
15:30-16:30 Opening Session
Spyridon Flogaitis, Director of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO)
Carlos Carreiras, Mayor of the Municipality of Cascais
Margarida Lima Rego, Dean of the NOVA School of Law, NOVA University of Lisbon
Keynote speech: Maria Lúcia Amaral, Ombudsperson of the Republic of Portugal
16:30-18:00 Session I - The Rule of Law and the Administration of Justice
President: António Mendes Oliveira, Chief of Staff of the President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal, Judge of Law in the Administrative and Tax Courts
Rapporteurs:
Luis María Díez-Picazo, Judge at the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Spain
José Igreja Matos, President of the Appeal Court of Porto and Vice-President of the Consultative Council of European Judges
Sergio Verdugo, Secretary General of the International Society of Public Law and Assistant Professor at IE Law School
Sunday, 19 January
10:00-11:15 Session II – Map of Contemporary Attacks on the Judiciary
President: Miguel de Serpa Soares, former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel
Rapporteurs:
Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Gilmar Ferreira Mendes, Justice of the Supreme Federal Court of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Marisol Peña Torres, former President of the Constitutional Court of Chile and Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-13:00 Session ΙΙI – Social and Cultural Conditions of Judicial Independence
President: César Caniço, President of the Lisbon Regional Directorate of the Union of Public Prosecution Service Magistrates
Rapporteurs:
Lúcia da Luz Ribeiro, President of the Constitutional Court of Mozambique (video)
Vishnu Varunyou, Vice-President of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Kingdom of Thailand
13:00-13:30 Session IV – General Conclusions
President: David Feldman, University of Cambridge, UK
Rapporteur: Teresa Violante, Director of the EPLO Institute for the Global Rule of Law
13:30-14:30 Closing Lunch
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