CONSTITUTIONALIZING TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE: HOW CONSTITUTIONS AND COURTS DEAL WITH THE PAST ATROCITY

This panel brings scholars and practitioners from different countries (Hungary, Poland, Kazakhstan, and Taiwan ) and disciplines (law and political science) together to analyze the indispensable role of constitutions and constitutional courts in the process of overcoming political injustice of the past. Issues raised in the panel include: is a new constitution inevitable for the...

Panel 13, MONDAY 25 June 2018 16:45-18:15

European constitutional courts towards data retention laws

One of the most commonly applied measures to combat terrorism is a mechanism of telecommunications data retention. Serious doubts regarding its intrusive nature were raised. State authorities being in possession of traffic and location metadata may monitor social behavior of individuals, detect sources (journalism) or political opponents. Our paper explores constitutional limits for legislative interference...

Panel 153, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM