On October 22, Yerevan International Conference, organized by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe continued its work.
On the second day the topic of the Conference was: “The role Constitutional Court in overcoming legal gaps and legal uncertainty”.
Session 1 was chaired by Mr. M. Makhmudzoda, President of the Constitutional Court of Tajikistan.
Reports were made by:
Mr. J. P. Caupers, Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Portugal (title of report: “The Guarantee of the Constitution and the Enforcement of Constitutional Court Decisions”); Ms. M. Bobukeeva, Judge of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Kyrgyzstan (title of report: “The Role and Importance of the Decisions of the Constitutional Chamber in Overcoming Legislative Gaps and Legal Uncertainty”); Mr. T. Voronovich, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus (title of report: “Role of Constitutional Justice in Elimination of Gaps and Legal Uncertainty in the Constitutional and Legal Regulation”); Mr. F. Tokhyan, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Armenia (title of report: “The Role and Importance of the Decisions of the Constitutional Court in Overcoming Legislative Gaps and Legal Uncertainty (the Experience of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Armenia)”).
Session 1 ended with Q/A session and discussion.
Session 2 was chaired by Mr. J. Helgesen, Chair of the Scientific Council of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe, Professor, University of Oslo.
Reports were made by:
Mr. M. Makhmudzoda, President of the Constitutional Court of Tajikistan (title of report: “The Role and Importance of Decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Tajikistan in Overcoming Legislative Gaps and Legal Uncertainty”); Ms. D. Rezevska, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Latvia (title of report: “The Utility of Decisions of the Constitutional Court of Latvia in Filling Legislative Gaps”); Mr. J. Zobek, Judge of the Constitutional Court of Slovenia (title of report: “The Concept of Unconstitutional Legal Gaps as Developed in the Jurisprudence of the Slovenian Constitutional Court”); Mr. V. Malinovski, Member of the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan (title of report: “The Role of the Constitutional Council in Providing Correct Usage of Conceptual Apparatus of the Basic Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan as the Main Measure for Prophylaxis of Legal Uncertainty”).
After open discussion of the reports made at the Conference the activities of the Conference were summarized.
A number of cultural events are planned for the participants of the Conference: visit to the Armenian Genocide (1915) Memorial, Haghartsin Monastery, “Garni” Historical-Cultural Museum and Geghard Monastery. A concert of sacred music will be organized at the Church Geghard.