Friday, June 13, 2008

08:30-09:00

REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
Venue :
Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid
Salón de Actos
Serrano 9, 28001 Madrid

09:00 – 09:15

Welcome and Opening of Seminar
Antonio HERNÁNDEZ-GIL, Dean of the Madrid Bar Association
Juan Antonio CREMADES, UIA Honorary President, Madrid, Spain
Héctor DÍAZ BASTIEN, UIA President, Madrid, Spain

09:15 – 9:30

Introduction
Pascal MAURER, UIA Director of Human Rights and Defence
Françoise TULKENS, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights

09:30 – 10:30

The European Court of Human Rights
François TULKENS, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights- The Structure of the Court - The Decision Making Process (Art. 27 ECHR)
- The Rules of Court (July 2007)
- Submission of a Case before the Court- The Individual Application (Art. 33 and 34 ECHR)
- Case Priority (Rules of the Court, Art. 39, 40 and 41).
Question Round

10:30 - 11:00

COFFEE BREAK

11:00-13:00

The Admissibility Criteria (art. 35 CEDH)
Josep CASADEVALL, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
- Exhaustion of all Domestic Remedies
- The Six Months Deadline
- Jurisdiction of the State
- The Incompatibility ratione loci
- The Incompatibility ratione personae
- The Incompatibility ratione materiae
- The Incompatibility ratione temporis
- Manifestly ill-founded Applications
Question Round

13:00 – 15:00

LUNCH
Buffet at the Madrid Bar Association

15:00 – 16.30

Procedure for submitting an Application
Carmen MORTE GÓMEZ, Member of the Registry at the European Court of Human Rights
- Submission of the Application
- Decisions by the Committees
- Examination by a Chamber
- Communication and Written Pleadings of the Parties
- Legal Representation of the Applicants
- Decision on Admissibility
- Relinquishment of Jurisdiction
- Friendly Settlement
- Unilateral Declaration
- Striking out Applications
- The Hearings

16:30-17:00

COFFEE BREAK

17:00– 18:00

Procedure for submitting an Application – continued
Françoise TULKENS, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights- Examination of a Case on the Merits
- Third-party Intervention
- Judgments
- Just Satisfaction
- Relinquishment of Jurisdiction by a Chamber in Favour of the Grand Chamber- Requests for Interpretation or Revision
- Execution of Judgments
Question Round

18:00 – 18:15

Reform of the European Court of Human Rights
Josep CASADEVALL, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Protocol no. 14 - The Group of Wise Persons Report

18 :15

Closing Remarks and End of the Seminar
Francoise TULKENS, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
Pascal MAURER, UIA Director of Human Rights and Defence

20:30

OPTIONAL DINNER