International workshop: COVID-19 and States of Emergency in the V4 countries

   13th May 2022 9:30 - 16:00, 13th May 2022 16:00

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: COVID-19 and States of Emergency in the V4 countries

Date: 13 May 2022 (Friday), Bratislava (hybrid format)

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83086602023?pwd=M0ZOV1NsaXdMa3NtQkxXbi9oZzQvQT09

9.30-12.30 - International Workshop (2)* : Constitutional risk management in the V4 countries

Zoltán Szente, Introduction

Gábor Mészáros, Constitutional requirements of special legal orders

Attila Horváth, Special legal orders in the European constitutions ‒ An Overview

Tomáš Gábriš, Constitutional regulation of emergency situations in Slovakia

Zdenĕk Kühn, Constitutional regulation of emergency situations in Czech Republic

Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Constitutional regulation of emergency situations in Hungary

Monika Florczak Wątor, Constitutional regulation of emergency situations in Poland Zoltán Szente, Comparing constitutional rules of emergency situations in Central Europe ‒ Preliminary remarks

Discussion

Zoltán Szente, Closing remarks and next steps of the project

* The workshop is organised in the framework of the project on „Constitutional Crisis Management in the V4 Countries” (CSS Incubator Budapest). The first workshop of the project was held in Cracow, on 19 November 2021.

12.30-13.30 Lunch break 

13.30-16.00 International Workshop** - Pandemic legislation and human rights restrictions in times of COVID-19

Monika Florczak-Wątor, Introduction

Max Steuer, Parliamentary debates on the constitutional regulation of emergency situations: The case of Slovakia

Kacper Koman, The standard of lawmaking in Poland during a pandemic. Suggestions for the future

Ziemowit Syta, Public aid during the COVID-19 pandemic and the principle of equality. The case of Poland

Michał Ziółkowski, Liability of the state for damages caused by a pandemic

Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Zoltan Szente, The restriction of political rights during Covid19. The case of Hungary

Jana Ondrejková, Restrictions imposed on the right to education in the Czech Republic due to COVID-19 pandemic

Monika Florczak-Wątor, The role of constitutional courts in times of COVID-19 crisis.

Discussion

Monika Florczak-Wątor, Closing remarks

** The workshop is organised in the framework of the project on “Human rights protection in states of emergency. Theory and practice of the Visegrad Group countries” funded by the Polish National Science Centre, and supported by the VEGA project of the VEGA agency of the Slovak Republic, no. 2/0004/21.

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