Programme

9.10 : Opening
Mattias Guyomar, President of the European Court of Human Rights
Peggy Ducoulombier, Professor of Public Law, University of Strasbourg
Tina Stavrinaki, Assistant Professor in International Law and Human Rights, Utrecht University, Member of UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)

Panel 1 – Conceptual foundations and emerging interpretative frameworks

Chair : Peggy Ducoulombier, Professor of Public Law, University of Strasbourg

9.30 : Equality Law as an Iceberg
Alexandra Timmer, Associate Professor of Human Rights Law, Utrecht University, Member of the Dutch State Commission Against discrimination and Racism

Structural discrimination : the practice of CERD
Mehrdad Payandeh, Professor of International Law, European Law and Public Law, Bucerius Law School and former member of UN CERD

From the individual to the structural : Standards of proof, substantive equality, racial and ethnic discrimination in Strasbourg case law
Ioannis Ktistakis, Judge at the European Court of Human Rights

Panel 2 – Access to justice and (in)visibility of groups subject to racial discrimination

Chair : Ivana Jelić, Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights

11.00 : Access to Justice Beyond the Door : Intersectionality as a Method of Judicial Reasoning
Lorena Sosa, Associate Professor of Human Rights Law, Utrecht University

Individuals and groups seeking protection against racial discrimination : lessons from ICERD
Michal Balcerzak, Associate Professor of International Law, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Chairperson UN CERD

Fit for purpose ? Discrimination, article 3 Protocol No. 1 ECHR and the status of victim, some thoughts after Kovačević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Peggy Ducoulombier, Professor of Public Law, University of Strasbourg

12.30 : Lunch break

Panel 3 – Content of rights and sources of law

Chair : Nihal Eminoğlu, Bureau Member of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)

14.00 : Roma Rights between Strasbourg and Geneva : Symbolic Victories and Structural Failures
Christos Giannopoulos, Lecturer, Public Law, University of Strasbourg

Towards a European Human Rights Law on Inequalities and Racial Discrimination : Lessons from ICERD within ECHR Case-Law
Tina Stavrinaki, Assistant Professor of International Law and Human Rights, Utrecht University, Member of UN CERD

Two Courts, Two Visions ? Legal Frameworks and Substantive Protection in ECHR and CJEU Case-Law on Racial Discrimination
Marko Bošnjak, Judge at the Court of Justice of European Union, former President of the European Court of Human Rights

15.30 : Closing

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