Programme

Monday, November 8, 2021

Venue Archivio Antico, Palazzo Bo

9.30-10.00 Registration

10.00-10.30

Salutations and short introduction

Elena Pariotti, Director of Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies, University of Padova

Gabriella Salviulo, Director of the Human Rights Centre ‘Antonio Papisca’, University of Padova

Marco Mascia, Unesco Chair ‘Human Rights, Democracy and Peace’, University of Padova

Plenary Session

Venue Archivio Antico, Palazzo Bo, 10:30 – 12:30 CET

Setting the frame: Towards an inclusive governance of “EU fundamental values”

Chair: Gerd Oberleitner, University of Graz

Keynote speeches

Dimitry Kochenov, Central European University Democracy Institute, Budapest
The EU's Rule of Law Revolution

Francesca Strumia, University of Sheffield
Reframing the cosmopolitanism of EU values: the argument from within

Laurent Pech, Middlesex University London
Upholding and promoting the EU’s foundational and shared values in an era of authoritarian populism

Discussion

Parallel Panel session

PANEL 1. Whose welfare? Inclusionary/Exclusionary Dynamics and the EU Values

Venue Room Iqbal Masih, Human Rights Centre, 14:30-16:00
Link to join online: https://unipd.zoom.us/j/86849942457  (ID: 868 4994 2457)

Chair: Pietro de Perini, University of Padova

Panelists

Matteo Corbucci, Italian Committee of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education
Children's rights in Europe: the contribution of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP)

Katarzyna Jędrzejczyk-Kuliniak, University of Wrocław
Protecting European values at the eastern external borders in the face of illegal migration. Polish-Belarusian case study

Monique Munarini, University of Padova
New perspectives on the mitigation of gender bias in AI by EU regulations

Anna Nikolaienko, University of Wrocław
Women's Participation in Peacebuilding and Security Processes as an Essential Part of Rule of Law Excercising

PANEL 2. Ruling the Rule of Law

Venue Room Iqbal Masih, Human Rights Centre, 16:30-18:00

Chair: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova

Panelists

Cesare Augusto Placanica, University of Padova
Constitutional reforms in Poland, rule of law and indipendence of Judiciary in Europe

Artem Gubenko, Department of civil law disciplines of the Rostov branch of the Russian customs Academy
Issues of implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights in the legal field of Russia

Matilde Rocca, University of Padova
Drifting responsibilities at the borders of the EU - ‘Libra’ case commentary

Moncef Chaibi, University of Padova
The European Court of Human Rights: a (legal) guardian of European Values

PANEL 3. The EU as a global player - EU Diplomacy, Soft Power, Values Power

Venue Library Human Rights Centre, 14:30-16:00

Chair: Magdalena Ratajczak, University of Wroclaw

Panelists

Ling Han, Human Rights Centre "Antonio Papisca", University of Padova, Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova
Protecting EU fundamental Rights via the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime. The Case of China

Anna Cichecka, University of Wroclaw
Public Diplomacy in the EU-Africa Relations

Stanislav Gubenko, University of Padova
Promoting the European values abroad. The expansive effect of the GDPR in the third countries. The cases of Russia, Ukraine and China

PANEL 4. The European multi-level Legal Space – in the Covid-19 Era

Venue Library Human Rights Centre, 16:30-18:00

Chair: Ian David Turner, University of Central Lancashire

Panelists

Sorcha MacLeod, University of Copenhagen
Private Security, Human Rights and COVID-19: Regulatory challenges at the margins

Niloofar Foroozanfar, La Sapienza University, Rome
Justification of governments for mandatory use of covid-19 vaccination digital certificates under the European Convention on Human Rights

Georgescu Alexandru, Institute of Legal Research "Acad. Andrei Rădulescu" of the Romanian Academy, Romanian Association of European Law and Affairs, Danubius University Romania, Andrei Costea, Department of Psychology, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Department of Social & Human Sciences, Romanian Academy, Cluj-Napoca Branch
Privacy and artificial intelligence in the education system - a fragile balance. The psychological impact of artificial intelligence and data protection in the online educational process with regard to data protection right

Roberta Medda-Windischer and Andrea Carlà, Eurac Research - Institute for Minority Rights
Local Governance and EU Fundamental Values: A perspective from Civic Integration in South Tyrol

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Venue Archivio Antico, Palazzo Bo, 10:30 – 12:30

Roundtable

Current challenges to EU values and possible solutions: a Multi-level perspective

Moderator: Paolo De Stefani, University of Padova

Speakers

Giovanni Maria Flick, Emeritus President of Italian Constitutional Court;

Marta Siciarek, Coordinator of the regional migration policy, Pomorskie Region, Poland;

Francesca Benciolini, Peace Human Rights Councillor, Municipality of Padova

Thomas Dumortier, Commission Nationale Consultative des Droits de l'Homme (CNCDH), France;

Vladimir Medjak, Vice-president of the European Movement in Serbia.

Discussion

All events will be in CET (Central European Time).
To attend in presence it will be requested to present the COVID green pass