European Group of Public Law: Reunion 2025
We are pleased to announce the 2025 Annual Reunion of the European Group of Public Law (EGPL) scheduled to take place at the premises of European Public Law Organization in Legraina, from 12-14 September 2025. The Reunion of the European Group of Public Law, which serves as the European Scientific Council of the EPLO, will gather public law academics, high court judges and public law practitioners from all over the world.
2025 Provisional Programme
International Law, European Union Law, Constitutional Law
9.15-13.00 First session / Première session
President / Président:
International Law Standards in National Constitutional Law
General Introduction / Introduction générale
International law as part of a national constitution
Prof. David Feldman, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
International human rights as a parameter of constitutionality (control of conventionality)
Prof. Anja Seibert-Fohr, European Court of Human Rights
11.00-11.15: Coffee break / Pause café
International law limits to national constitution-making power
Prof. Jorge Vargas, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Status of international treaties in constitutional law: a comparative perspective
Prof. Harris Tsiliotis, University of Peloponnese, Greece
13.00-14.00: Lunch break / Pause déjeuner
14.00-16.00 Second session / Deuxième session
President / Président:
International Law and European Union Law
The Interplay between International Law and EU Administrative Law: Dynamics, Tensions and Effects
Prof. Edoardo Chiti, Scuola Superiore di Sant’Anna Pisa, Italy
International, EU, and Constitutional Law Interacting for the Protection of the Environment
Prof. Marco D’Alberti, Judge at the Italian Constitutional Court
16.00-16.15: Coffee break / Pause café
The extent and the mode that international law binds national and EU constitutional law
Prof. Lina Papadopoulou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The EU Constitution in Time of War: Legal Responses to Russia’s Aggression against Ukraine
Prof. Federico Fabbrini, Dublin City University, Ireland
9.15-13.00 Third session / Troisième session
President / Président:
Some issues concerning the domestic enforcement of international law
Implementation of treaty obligations in the national legal order: implementation obligations, options and national reports
Prof. Flora Goudappel, University of Curaçao, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Diplomatic (non)recognition and domestic administrative law
Prof. Jakub Handrlica, Charles University, Czech Republic
11.00-11.15: Coffee break / Pause café
Defining international obligations from soft law
Prof. Semih Gemalmaz, Istanbul University, Türkiye
13.00-14.00: Lunch break / Pause déjeuner
14.00-15.30 Fourth session / Quatrième session
Workshops / Ateliers (see detailed information annexed / voir information détaillée en annexe)
15.30-16.00 General Conclusions / Conclusions générales
Prof. Jean-Bernard Auby, University Sciences-Po, France
16.00-18.00 Fifth session / Cinquième session
President / Président: Prof. Sabino Cassese, Justice emeritus, Italian Constitutional Court
Twenty-ninth meeting of the European Group of Public Law acting as the European Scientific Council of the European Public Law Organization; Report on the activities of the EPLO; Thesis Prize 2024; Report of the Thesis Prize Committee 2025 / Vingt-neuvième réunion du Groupe Européen de Droit Public agissant en tant que Conseil Scientifique Européen de la European Public Law Organization; Rapport sur les activités de l’EPLO; Prix de Thèse 2024; Rapport du Comité de Prix de Thèse 2025.
Free Day / Journée libre