Chair
David Conlan Smyth SC
Speakers
- Mikołaj Pietrzak, Dean of the Warsaw Bar Council
Location
Online - Using Zoom
Topics for discussion include
Arising from the continuing invasion of Ukraine, The Bar of Ireland and its EU Bar Association is hosting a public seminar on the legal ramifications of the invasion, as well as the issue of Rule of Law in the European Union.
In light of recent developments involving the Polish Constitutional Court and the CJEU, where a new judgement from the CJEU was delivered in February 2022, Advocate Mikolaj Pietrzak, Dean of the Warsaw Bar Association will discuss the recent European Court of Justice judgments, its impact on Poland and the Rule of Law, judicial independence. He will also briefly discuss the ECHR rulings, how this affects extradition and other mutual recognition based instruments.
Asst. Prof David Fennelly BL, Trinity College Dublin will speak on War Crimes: International Courts and the Invasion of Ukraine. As the atrocity of war becomes visible to all, what is the legal response and its impact on the rules based international order.
Anna Bazarchina BL, originally from Ukraine, will give a personal insight into this harrowing situation. Anna was called to the Bar in 2005, and specialises in Criminal and General Common Law.
David Conlan Smyth SC will chair the event. David specialises in European law, immigration and asylum law and maritime law. He is the Chair of the EU Bar Association and former Chairman of the Migration Law Committee of the Council of Bars and Law Societies in Brussels where he also represents the European Lawyers in Lesvos project.
Open to all. To attend this webinar, please register below.