Programme
Venue: Professorboligen
Introduction and Keynote
Chair: Tarjei Bekkedal, University of Oslo, Head of the LEVEL project
09:15-09:20 Welcoming: Ole-Andreas Rognstad, University of Oslo, Centre for
European Law
09:20-10:00 Keynote speech: Páll Hreinsson, President of the EFTA Court
Sources and Foundations
Chair: Eirik Holmøyvik, University of Bergen, Venice Commission
10:00-10:15 Bruno de Witte, University of Maastricht, EUI
The role of the ECHR in the evolution of EU law (including Schengen)
10:15-10:30 Niamh Nic Shuibhne, University of Edinburgh
Rights, principles, values, and statuses: disaggregating the components of EU law – and why that matters for the EEA
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:15 Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen, University of Bergen
Fundamental rights protection in the ‘special relationship’ between the EU and Norway
11:15-12:15 General Discussion
12:30-13:30 Lunch
Invocability/ Enforcement
Chair: Alessandro Petti, University of Oslo
13:30-13:45 Elise Muir, KU Leuven
Fundamental rights protection in the development of the Union and the production of its laws
13:45-14:00 Eleanor Spaventa, Bocconi University Milan
The CJ and the ECtHR – a complex relationship
14:00-14:15 Hilde Kristin Ellingsen, University of Oslo
Enforcing fundamental rights in the EEA: Effective judicial protection before national courts
14:15-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-15:00 Tarjei Bekkedal, University of Oslo,
Fundamental rights protection by the EFTA Court and national courts
15:00-16:00 General Discussion
Conclusion
Chair: Christophe Hillion, University of Oslo
16:00-16:15 Concluding Remarks: Christoffer Conrad Eriksen, University of Oslo
16:15-16:20 Closing: Alessandro Petti, University of Oslo
Reception
Registration
Please register your participation within September 7.