Does the right to an effective remedy and a fair trial have different effects in different areas of EU law? What is the role of national judges to ensure an effective judicial protection? Does the judge play a different role when defining effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions or remedies depending on whether the dispute involves consumer protection, non-discrimination, data protection, asylum seekers’ rights or the enforcement of the fundamental right to health? Does a horizontal and cross-sectoral dimension of the Charter of Fundamental Rights exist, enabling national courts to apply EU general principles across the board?
These are some of the main issues addressed by this workshop, due to be held in Coimbra on the 30th of September and the 1st of October, 2021. This workshop is placed at the crossroads between the sectoral programme and the horizontal one of the FRICoRe project. The training event will in fact be characterized by an intersectoral approach aimed at identified similarities and specificities when applying the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and EU general principles in each of the project areas dealt with in previous Transnational Training Workshops, namely consumer protection, data protection, asylum and immigration, non-discrimination, health and fundamental rights. Three specific horizontal topics will be examined: (1) ex officio powers and duties of cooperation, (2) sanctions and remedies (3) collective redress. With regard to these topics, special attention will be devoted to transplants from one area (asylum) to other areas (consumer protection, data protection) within the EU case law (e.g. the duty of cooperation, just to name one, first enshrined in the field of asylum and immigration).
The event will be structured in three training sessions, each concerning one of the three horizontal subjects. Consistently with the usual project approach, plenary sessions will be combined with interactive sessions aimed at stimulating open discussion over practical cases.
Dedicated training materials based on judicial dialogue among European and national Courts around the subjects at issue will be provided in advance of the workshop.
The training event is intended for judges and lawyers from all over the EU.
The content of this training event represents the view of the organizers and participants only and is under their sole responsibility. The European Commission does not accept any responsibility for use that may be made of the information it contains.
This workshop is funded by the European Union's Justice Programme (2014-2020).
Programme
Thursday, 30th September 2021 Day 1 – 12.00 - 19.00
12:00 – 12:30 | Welcome Address and Introduction to the Workshop and its Materials Sandra Passinhas – University of Coimbra, Coordinator of the Portuguese Team of the FRICoRe Project Paola Iamiceli – University of Trento, Scientific Coordinator of the FRICoRe Project |
12:30 – 13:30 | Keynote Speech Justice Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon –European Court of Human Rights |
13:30 – 14:00 | Discussion introduced by Paulo Mota Pinto, University of Coimbra, former Judge at the Constitutional Court, Portugal |
14:00 – 15:30 | Lunch break |
15:30 – 17:00 | ROUNDTABLE 1 Chair: Aurelia Colombi Ciacchi, University of Groningen Benedita Urbano - Administrative Supreme Court, Portugal |
17:00 – 17:15 | Break |
17:15 – 17:30 | Introduction to the Hypothetical Session Chiara Angiolini, University of Trento, FRICoRe Research Fellow |
| 17:30 – 18:45 | Hypothetical session in breakout rooms |
| 18:45 – 19:00 | Sharing of results in plenary room |
Dinner |
Friday, 1st October 2021 Day 2 — 10.00 – 18.00
10:00 – 10:30 | Introductory Speech Angela Ward, Legal Secretary, Advocate General Evgeni Tanchev, Court of Justice of the European Union |
10:30 – 10:45 | Discussion Introduced by Fabrizio Cafaggi, Italian Council of State, Coordinator of the FRICoRe Advisory Board |
10:45 – 12:15 | ROUNDTABLE 2 Chair: Paola Iamiceli, University of Trento Roman Wiatrowski - Supreme Administrative Court, Poland |
12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Hypothetical session in breakout rooms |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | Sharing of results in plenary room |
14:45 – 15:00 | Break |
15:00 – 16:15 | ROUNDTABLE 3 Chair: Mateusz Grochowski, Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences Suzana Tavares da Silva - Supreme Administrative Court, Portugal |
16:15 – 16:30 | Lunch Break |
| 16:30 – 17:45 | Hypothetical session in breakout rooms |
| 17:45 – 18:00 | Sharing of results in plenary room |
