Conference "Constitutional Environment of State of Emergency in the Light of the Experience of Covid-19 Pandemic"

Dear readers,

We would like to invite you to a conference on the topic "Constitutional Environment of State of Emergency in the Light of the Experience of Covid-19 Pandemic". The time interval since the pandemic has allowed us to reflect on a number of constitutional and human rights issues and themes that have been associated with the legal response mechanism to the Covid-19 pandemic. These include, in particular, the questions of whether constitutional and statutory changes to the mechanisms of regulation were appropriate from the perspective of constitutional principles of the rule of law, whether the restrictions on fundamental rights were justified (esp. The Commission's report on the European Parliament's role in the management of the pandemic was also relevant to the question of whether and how the experience of pandemic management justifies changes in emergency legislation. These and related questions will be addressed by a number of leading figures in domestic and international science.

Conference programme:

Day 1 - Risk Management in the V4 countries

15:00-15:10 - Prof. Zoltán Szente: Introduction and presentation of research questions

15:10-15:30 - prof. Monika Florczak-Wator and prof. Agneska Bien Kacala

15:30-15:50 - Prof. Zdeněk Kuhn

15:50-16:10 - Prof. Tomáš Gabriš

16:10-16:30 - Ass. prof. Gárdos-Orosz and Dr. Evelin Burján

16:30-16:50 - Dr. Petr Mikeš

16:50-17:10 - Dr. Jan Grinc

17:10-17:45 - discussion

17:45-18:00 - Prof. Zoltán Szente: Closing remarks

Day 2 - Experience and long-term consequences of Covid-19 on the organization of the state and law

9:50-10:00 - doc. Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz.

10:00-10:40 - Prof. István Hoffman and Dr. Lorenz Viktor: Considering uncertain scientific results in law

10:40-11.00 - Discussion

11:00 - 11.20 - Dr. Nóra Forgács and Assoc. Covid and proportionality?

11:20-11.40 - Dr. Pavel Ondřejk - comment on the paper "Covid and Proportionality?"

11:40-12.00 - discussion

Coffee break

12:30-12:50 - Dr. Szentgáli-Tóth Bolizsár and Assoc. Burjan Evelin: The role of constitutional courts in times of emergency with special reference to Covid-19

12:50-13:10 - Prof. Zdeněk Kühn and Prof. Monika Florczak Watorová - comment on the paper "The role of constitutional courts in times of emergency with special reference to Covid-19"

13:10-13:30 - discussion

13:30-13:50 - Dr. Szilágyi Emese and Dr. János Mécs: Political participation in the crisis

13:50-14:10 - Dr. Jan Malíř: comments on the paper "Political participation in the crisis"

14:10-14:30 - Discussion

14:30-14:50- Prof. Márton Varju: State participation in the post-COVID economy: changing paradigms and enduring constitutional rules?

14:50-15:10 - Prof. Zdeněk Kühn: Commentary on "State participation in the economy after COVID: changing paradigms and enduring constitutional rules?"

15.10-15:20 - discussion

15.20-15.30 - closing remarks

We hope you will find the time, and we look forward to seeing you.