For more information see the event's page in Norwegian here.
Programme
14:00–14:05 Welcome
14:05–14:50 Arnfinn Bårdsen
Judge and Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights
Working as an international judge: Reflections from Strasbourg
14:50–15:10 Break
15:10–15:55 Janneke Gerards
State Councillor and Professor of European Law at Utrecht University
Dealing with subsidiarity, or the art of judicial minimalism
15:55–16:15 Break
16:15–17:00 Eirik Holmøyvik
Professor at the University of Bergen
The Venice Commission and the work on common European standards for democracy and the rule of law
17:00–18:00 Light refreshments and Q&A
Arnfinn Bårdsen will be available for conversation and questions
About the speakers:
Arnfinn Bårdsen holds a Doctor of Laws (Dr. juris) and has been a Justice of the Norwegian Supreme Court since 2008. Since 2019, he has served as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, and as Section President since 2022. In 2024, he was elected Vice-President of the Court.
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Eirik Holmøyvik is a Professor of Law at the University of Bergen and Norway’s member of the Venice Commission. He was appointed as a substitute member of the Commission in 2016 and became a full member in 2022. Since 2024, he has been part of the Commission’s Bureau. In 2026, he was elected Vice-President of the Commission.
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anneke Gerards is a State Councillor in the Advisory Division of the Dutch Council of State and Professor of European Fundamental Rights Law at Utrecht University. Since 2024, she has been an alternate member of the Venice Commission on behalf of the Netherlands. Janneke Gerards will give her presentation in English.
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