Constitutional Court of Korea

Tuesday, 09 October 2007

Arrival of International Participants

Transfer to Lotte Hotel Seoul

1 Sogong-Dong, Jung-Gu, Seoul / Republic of Korea

19:30hrsWelcome Dinner at Lotte Hotel, Emerald Room

Dinner Speech: Mr. Gianni Buquicchio

Secretary of the Venice Commission, EU Council

Wednesday, 10 October 2007

08:30 - 09:00 hrsRegistration

Lotte Hotel, Emerald Room

09:00 - 09:20 hrsWelcome and Opening Remarks

Mr. Chul-Yong Ha

Secretary General

Constitutional Court of Korea

Mr. Clauspeter Hill

Director, Rule of Law Programme Asia

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore

09:20 - 09:50 hrsKeynote Speech

Hon. Kang-Kook Lee

President of the Constitutional Court of Korea

Session 1: Constitutional Standards for Civil, Political and Socio-Economic Rights

(This comprehensive session shall outline which constitutional standards for the implementation, interpretation and reservation of civil, political and socio-economic rights exist in the represented countries a benchmark can be the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights from 1976 which most of the represented countries have signed and ratified.)

Chair: Hon. Kong-Hyun Lee

Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea

10:00 - 10:20 hrsHon. J. Byambadorj

Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia

10:20 - 10:40 hrsHon. Adolfo S. Azcuna

Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

10:40 - 10:50 hrsDiscussant: Dr. Itsuo Sonobe

Attorney, Ret. justice of the Supreme Court of Japan

10:50 - 11:00 hrsCoffee & Tea Break

11:00 - 11:20 hrsHon. Justice Dr. Harjono

Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia

11:20 - 11:40 hrsProf. Manit Wityatem

Ret. Judge of the Constitutional Court of Thailand

Dean of School of Law, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce

11:40 - 11:50 hrsDiscussant: Prof. Dr. Dieter C. Umbach

University of Potsdam, Germany

11:50 - 13:00 hrsQ & A session

14:30 - 14:50 hrsHer Excellency Sum Nipha

Member of the Constitutional Council of the Kingdom of Cambodia

14:50 - 15:10 hrsHon. Young-Joon Mok

Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea

15:10 - 15:20 hrsDiscussant: Prof. Dr. Jurgen Brohmer

University of New England, Australia

15:20 - 16:15 hrsQ & A session

16:15 - 16:30 hrsSpeech: Hon. Mr Egidijus Kuris

President of the CC of the Republic of Lithuania

President of the Conference of the European Constitutional Courts

End of day 1

19:00 - 20:30 hrsDinner at Korea House

(Hosted by Hon. Kong-Hyun Lee, Justice of the CC of Korea)

20:30 - 21:30 hrsKorean Traditional Dance Performance at Korea House

(Hosted by the Constitutional Court of Korea)

Thursday, 11 October 2007

Session 2: Standards of Review in Constitutional Jurisdiction

(This session shall focus on the main principles and guidelines that direct the constant jurisprudence when reviewing legal acts with regard to infringements of the individual¡¯s civil, political and socio-economic rights.)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Jurgen Brohmer

University of New England, Australia

09:00 - 09:20 hrsDr. Itsuo Sonobe

Attorney, Ret. Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan

09:20 - 09:40 hrsProf. Dr. Dieter C. Umbach

University of Potsdam, Germany

09:40 - 09:50 hrsDiscussant: Prof. Dr. Qianfan Zhang

School of Law, Beijing University, China

09:50 - 10:30 hrsQ & A Session

Session 3: Reports on Important Decisions in Recent Years

Chair: Prof. Dr. Qianfan Zhang

School of Law, Beijing University, China

10:40 - 11:10hrsPresentations of 10 min. each

Hon. Dong-Heub Lee

Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea

H.E. Penn Thol

Member of the Constitutional Council of Cambodia

Hon. Maruarar Siahaan

Justice of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia

11:10 - 11:30 hrsQ & A

11:40 - 12:10 hrsHon. Mrs. Dugerjav Munkhgerel

Justice of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia

Hon. Mrs. Consuelo Ynares-Santiago

Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines

Hon. Nopadol Hengjareon

Ret. Judge of the Constitutional Court of Thailand

12:10 - 12:30 hrsQ & A session

12:30 - 14:00 hrsLunch

Session 4: Establishing an Association of Asian Constitutional Courts

Chair: Prof. Dr. Jurgen Brohmer

University of New England, Australia

14:00 - 14:15 hrsPresentation of draft statutes for such association

Clauspeter Hill

Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Singapore

14:15 - 15:15 hrsDiscussion and Decision-Making

(Including the Setting-up of a Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts)

15:15 - 15:30 hrsSumming Up and Closing Remarks

Hon. Kong-Hyun Lee

Justice of the Constitutional Court of Korea

Mr. Marc Ziemek

Country Representative to Korea

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Seoul

End of Conference

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