The programme of the Meeting
aggiornamento: 23 maggio 2011
Rome, 26th-28th May 2011
“The Dialogue between General Prosecutors in Europe: Justice Bodies, Promoters of Human Rights”
Opening Session: 26th May 2011, 4.30-5.30 p.m. -Supreme Court, Aula Magna
Opening of the Session in the presence of the President of the Italian Republic Giorgio Napolitano
Keynote address
Vitaliano Esposito, General Prosecutor at the Italian Supreme Court, President of the Network
Welcome address
Ernesto Lupo, President of the Italian Supreme Court
Speakers
Angelino Alfano, Minister of Justice, Italy
Michele Vietti, Vice-president of the High Council for the Judiciary, Italy
Antonio Tizzano, Chamber President at the Court of Justice of the European Union
Maud de Boer Buquicchio, Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe
Session I: 26th May 2011, 5.45-7.15 p.m. - Supreme Court, Aula Magna
“The Functions of the General Prosecution Offices at the Supreme Judicial Courts. Tradition and Future”
Chaired by
Vitaliano Esposito, General Prosecutor at the Italian Supreme Court, President of the Network
Speakers
Françoise Tulkens, Vice-president at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg
Jean-Louis Nadal, General Prosecutor, France
Giovanni Verde, Professor Emeritus of Civil Procedure, LUISS University, Rome
Discussion
Session II: 27th May 2011, 9.00-12.00 a.m. - High Council for the Judiciary, Conference Hall
“The Institutional Position of the General Prosecutor and the Safeguards of his/her Functions”
Chaired by
Michele Vietti, Vice-president of the High Council for the Judiciary, Italy
Speakers
Franco Coppi, Professor of Criminal Law, La Sapienza University, Rome
Peter Polt, General Prosecutor, Hungary
Keir Starmer, Director of Public Prosecution, Crown Prosecution Service, England and Wales
Paolo Mengozzi, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union
João Manuel Da Silva Miguel, President of the CCPE, Portuguese member of Eurojust
Discussion
Session III: 27th May 2011, 4.00-6.00 p.m. - Campidoglio, Protomoteca Hall
“From Strasbourg to Brussels. Recommendation Rec(2000)19 - Article 86 of the Treaty”
Chaired by
Vitaliano Esposito, General Prosecutor at the Italian Supreme Court, President of the Network
Welcome address
Gianni Alemanno, Mayor of Rome
Round table
M. Cherif Bassiouni, President of the International Institute of Criminal Sciences (I.S.I.S.C.), Syracuse, Italy
Candido Conde Pumpido, General Prosecutor, Spain
Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe
Françoise Le Bail, Director General of the DG Justice, European Commission
Hans G. Nilsson, Head of Unit - General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union
Giuseppe Tesauro, Judge of the Constitutional Court, Italy
Session IV: 28th May 2011, 9.00-12.00 a.m. - Supreme Court, Aula Magna
Meeting of the Network Members. Session for the election of a new President
Chaired by
Vitaliano Esposito, General Prosecutor at the Italian Supreme Court, President of the Network
Contributions on the role of General Prosecutors and the future of the Network
Discussion
Election of the new President of the Network