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Council of Europe: The Conscience of Europe in a Time of Crisis

4:00pm - 5:00pm / Tuesday 21st April 2020
Type: Webinar / Category: Research
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https://zoom.us/j/164030987 (if you wish to participate and ask questions. Come early limited to 100 participants)

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The panellists will discuss the role and potential influence of the Council of Europe on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
The panellists will discuss the expectations and reality of what can be done by a human rights institution in time of de facto emergency.

Panellists:
Chairs: Prof Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (University of Liverpool) and Dr Stuart Wallace (University of Leeds)
Dr Veronika Bilkova (Charles University in Prague, Venice Commission)
Prof Philip Leach (University of Middlesex)
Rob Linham OBE (Deputy UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe) (TBC)
Jörg Polakiewicz (Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law Legal Adviser of the Council of Europe)
Prof Inete Ziemele (President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, Former Judge of the European Court of Human Rights)