The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Venice, 16 December 2000

Organised by
The European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratization

In co-operation with
The Faculty of Law, University Robert Schuman, Strasbourg
The Municipality of Venice in the framework of the initiative “Le strade dei Diritti”
and the Jean Monnet Chair of the University of Padua

Addresses
Giuseppe Santillo, City Councillor responsible for Peace and International Relations, Municipality of Venice
Antonio Papisca, Director, European Master in Human Rights and Democratization
Luca Bellotti, Councillor responsible for Human Rights, Region of Veneto

Reports
From the Rome Convention to the EU Charter
Florence Benoit-Rohmer, Dean of the Law Faculty, Université Robert Schuman, Strasbourg

The EU Charter, Contents and Problems
Jean-Paul Jacqué, Director, Legal Service of the EU Council

The European Parliament and the EU Charter
Monica Frassoni, Member of the European Parliament

National Parliaments contribution in the EU Charter
Gunnar Jansson, President of the National Parliaments Delegation to the Convention on the EU Charter

Social and economic Rights
Lord Bowness, House of Lords

The British vision of the EU Charter
Lord Goldsmith, Representative of the United Kingdom Government to the Convention on the EU Charter

European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and EU Charter
Marc Fischbach, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights
Round Table

The EU Charter of Fundamental Rights: First Part of a EU Constitution?
EP Members, E.MA Professors and Students

Concert in the Church of San Nicolò
For a peaceful, human-centred Europe in a peaceful, human-centred World
Camerata Musicale Vicentina, Pietro Juvarra, Conductor