Conference

9:00 am

Opening

  • Katja Meier, Minister of Justice, Democracy, European Affairs and Gender Equality
  • Anna Lührmann, Minister of State for Europe and Climate
  • Prof. Dr. Astrid Lorenz, Leipzig University
  • Prof. Dr. Mattias Wendel, Leipzig University
9:30 – 11:00 am

Panel 1 – Foundations and Challenges

Chair: Prof. Dr. Stephanie Schiedermair, Leipzig University
  • The Rule of Law: Concepts and Perceptions
    Prof. Dr. Astrid Lorenz and Dr. Lisa H. Anders, Leipzig University
  • Rule of Law: Current Challenges in (Central) Europe
    Prof. Dr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Charles University Prague
  • The Rule of Law and the National Judiciary Through the Lens of EU Law
    Prof. Dr. Mattias Wendel, Leipzig University
11:00 – 11:30 am

Break
11:30 – 11:50 am

Keynote

  • Appointment of judges between politics, independence and professionalism
    Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Rennert, President of the Federal Administrative Court (ret.)
11:50 am – 1:15 pm

Panel 2 - Appointment and status of judges and public prosecutors

Chair: PD Dr. Konrad Duden, Max Planck Institute Hamburg
  • Justices at German Land Constitutional Courts. Appointment and Status
    Prof. Dr. Werner Reutter, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • Old and New Problems in Judicial Appointments: Clashing Visions and Conflicting Goals
    Dr. Michał Krajewski, University of København
  • Do we need a Judicial Council? Judicial Governance as a Fourth Power
    Dr. Katarína Šipulová, Masaryk University Brno
1:15 – 2:00 pm

Lunch break
2:00 – 2:20 pm

Keynote

  • Prof. Dr. Adam Bodnar, Ombudsman for Human Rights of the Republic of Poland (ret.)
2:20 – 4:00 pm

Panel 3 - Judicial Independence

Chair: Dr. Lisa H. Anders, Leipzig University
  • Czech perspective
    Dr. Ladislav Vyhnánek, Masaryk University Brno
  • Comparative Perspectives
    Prof. Dr. Christoph Hönnige, Leibniz University Hanover
  • Polish Perspective
    Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anna Śledzińska-Simon, University of Wrocław
  • Perspective of the Council of Europe
    Prof. Dr. Anne Sanders, Bielefeld University
4:00 pm – 5 pm

Breakout Session

  • Forum Recht
  • Europa Union Sachsen

High-level panel discussion

5:00 - 5:10 pm

Welcome address

  • Katja Meier, Minister of Justice, Democracy, European Affairs and Gender Equality
5:10 - 6:30 pm

Discussion

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Astrid Lorenz, Prof. Dr. Mattias Wendel, Leipzig University
  • Joachim Herrmann, Member of the Cabinet of the European Commissioner for Justice
  • Prof. Dr. Wojciech Piątek, University Poznań
  • Prof. Dr. Ivo Šlosarčík, Charles University Prague
  • Bettina Limperg, President of the German Federal Court of Justice
6:30 - 7:00 pm

Q&A