Working visit by the Constitutional Court

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Published: November 26, 2024
The delegation of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine at the Federal Constitutional Court; front row, second from right: Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court Prof Dr Henning Radtke, front row, first from left: Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Prof Dr Viktor Horodo-venko
The delegation of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine at the Federal Constitutional Court; front row, second from right: Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court Prof Dr Henning Radtke, front row, first from left: Judge of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, Prof Dr Viktor Horodo-venko

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At the invitation of the IRZ, a delegation from the Constitutional Court of Ukraine paid a working visit to the Federal Constitutional Court, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and the European Court of Human Rights from 17 to 20 November 2024.

At the Federal Constitutional Court, the guests were received by Judge Prof Dr Henning Radtke and other members of the Federal Constitutional Court for an expert discussion on the relationship between the case-law of national constitutional courts and the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice. In addition, the administration of the court discussed the course of proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court.

At the Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg, the delegation was welcomed by its Managing Director, Prof Dr  Dr. h.c, LL.M. (Harvard) Anne Peters. Subsequent expert discussions also dealt with international and foreign law in constitutional court jurisprudence and the preservation of constitutional identity in the context of European integration. In addition, the Ukrainian experience with the individual constitutional complaint introduced there in 2016 was presented.

All the discussion partners were impressed by how the Constitutional Court of Ukraine maintains its jurisdiction under the most difficult conditions of war and is thus unwaveringly committed to the functioning of the state and the protection of fundamental rights.

On the third day of the visit, the IRZ had organized a trip to the hearing of the case Kovačević v. Bosnia and Herzegovina at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. The part of the visit organized by the IRZ was followed by a further working day, prepared by the Council of Europe project “Support to development of the Constitutional Justice in Ukraine”. Among other things, the delegation had the opportunity to exchange views with the judges at the European Court of Human Rights, Mykola Gnatovskyy and Artūrs Kučs, on the practice of the ECtHR's case-law.