University of Silesia in Katowice

Day I – 26 May 2022, Katowice

8.30–9.00 a.m. – registration

• Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Silesia in Katowice, ul. Bankowa 11B, Katowice

9.00–9.10 a.m. – opening of the first day of the conference

• Katarzyna Gajda-Roszczynialska, habilitated doctor of law, Assistant Professor, judge, Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia, University of Silesia Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Judicature, Director of the NAWA Project “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the justice system. Case study and suggested solutions” (Poland)
• Krystian Markiewicz, habilitated doctor of law, Associate Professor, judge, Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia in Katowice, Head of the University of Silesia
  Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Judicature, President of the Association of Polish Judges “Iustitia” (Poland)
• Prof. Tomasz Pietrzykowski, attorney-at-law, Deputy Rector for International and Domestic Cooperation at the University of Silesia (Poland)

Panel I: The administration of justice in national and supernational courts in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic

Moderator: Grzegorz Borkowski, PhD, judge, University of Silesia, Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Judicature (Poland)

• 9.10–9.20 a.m. – „The COVID-19 pandemic and the independence of judges”, José Igreja Matos, judge, President of the IAJ (Portugal)
• 9.20–9.30 a.m. – „The COVID-19 pandemic and the rule of law”, Duro Sessa, judge, President of the EAJ, President of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia (Croatia)
• 9.30–9.40 a.m. – „Role of courts and observance of the right to a fail trail in post pandemic reality”, Ghenadie Barba, Chief of Rule of Law Unit at ODIHR/OBWE
• 9.40–10.00 a.m. – „The COVID-19 pandemic and proceedings before The Court of Justice of the European Union”, Prof. Maciej Szpunar, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Silesia, The First Advocate General of the CJEU (Poland)
• 10.00–10.20 a.m. – „The COVID-19 pandemic and proceedings before The European Court of Human Rights”, Michał Balcerzak,  PhD, DLitt, Associate Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Security Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland)
• 10.20–10.40 a.m. – „The functioning of common courts in the era COVID-19 pandemic in Poland”, Urszula Żółtak, PhD, judge, Association of Polish Judges “Iustitia” (Poland)

10.40–11.00 a.m. – coffee break

Panel II: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the civil proceedings – systematic changes

Moderator: Prof. Robert Kulski, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Łódź (Poland)

• 11.00–11.50 a.m. – „Changes in the system of civil procedural law introduced by COVID-19 pandemic”
  • Prof. Anna Nylund, Faculty of Law, University of Bergen (Norway),
  • Prof. Andrzej Jakubecki, Faculty of Law and Administration, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin (Poland)
• 11.50 a.m. –1.30 p.m. – „Digitalisation of civil proceedings”
  • Prof. Fernando Gascon Inhausti, Full Professor of Procedural Law (Civil and Criminal Procedure), Universidad Complutense de Madrid Law School (Spain)
  • K. Kenneth Wright, Jr. Presiding Judge, First Municipal District Circuit Court of Cook Country (USA)
  • Prof. Vigita Vebraite, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University (Lithuania)
  • Prof. Irina Izarowa, Law School of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Ukraine)

1.30–1.40 p.m. – open discussion

1.40–3.00 p.m.– lunch break

Panel III: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the course of civil proceedings

Moderator: Prof. Karol Weitz, Judge of the Polish Supreme Court, University of Warsaw (Poland)

• 3.00–3.50 p.m. – „Organization of proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic”
  • Prof. Remco van Rhee, Professor of European Legal History and Comparative Civil Procedure at Maastricht University, director of the program “Foundations and Principles of Civil Procedure in Europe” (the Netherlands)
  • Piotr Rylski, habilitated doctor of law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Warsaw (Poland)

3.50–4.00 p.m. – coffee break

Panel IV: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the right to the fair trial before civil courts

Moderator: Andrzej Torbus, habilitated doctor of law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Silesia (Poland)

• 3.50–4.40 p.m. – „The open justice principle and the pandemic COVID-19”
  • Anna Machnikowska, habilitated doctor of law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk (Poland)
  • Katica Artukovic, judge, ODIHR/OBWE (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• 4.40–5.30 p.m. – „The right to a competent court, composition of courts in civil cases, principle of stability of panels during COVID-19 pandemic”
  • Krystian Markiewicz, habilitated doctor of law, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Silesia, University of Silesia Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Judicature, The Association of Polish Judges “Iustitia” (Poland)
  • Dragos Călin, PhD, judge, ODIHR/OBWE (Romania)

5.30–5.40 p.m. – open discussion

5.40–5.50 p.m. – final remarks and closing of the first day of the conference

5.50–6.00 p.m. – awards in the competition of the Scentific Association of Civil Procedure Academics for the best master’s thesis ceremony

Day II – 27 May 2022, Kraków

9.00–10.00 a.m. – registration

• Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, ul. Krupnicza 33a, Kraków

10.00–10.20 a.m. – opening of the second day if the conference

• Prof. Jerzy Pisuliński, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Administration, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
• Dobrosława Szumiło-Kulczycka, habilitated doctor of law, Associate Professor, attorney-at-law, Jagiellonian University (Poland)
• Katarzyna Gajda-Roszczynialska, habilitated doctor of law, judge, Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Silesia, University of Silesia Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Judicature, Director of the NAWA Project “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the justice system. Case study and suggested solutions”
  (Poland)

10.20–11.30 a.m. – introductory speeches

• 10.20–10.30 a.m. – „Criminal trial in a state of necessity?”, Prof. Stanisław Waltoś, Distinguished Professor of the Jagiellonian University (Poland)
• 10.30–10.50 a.m. – „Legislation games”, Prof. Ewa Łętowska, former Judge of the Polish Constitutional Court (2002–2011), former Ombudsman (1988–1992) (Poland)
• 10.50–11.10 a.m. – „Protection of the constitutional standard of an individual’s right to a fair trial in times of the COVID-19 pandemic”, Prof.
  Paweł Wiliński, Judge of the Polish Supreme Court, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland)
• 11.10–11.30 a.m. – „COVID-19 pandemic and the International Criminal Court”, Prof. Piotr Hofmański, ICC President, Jagiellonian University (Poland)

11.30–12.00 a.m.– coffee break

Panel I: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on criminal proceedings in other legal systems

Moderator: Prof. Andrzej Światłowski, Jagiellonian University (Poland)

• 12.00–12.20 a.m.– „COVID-19 pandemic and criminal proceedings in the Netherlands”, Prof. Marc de Werd, judge, University of Amsterdam (the
  Netherlands)
• 12.20–12.40 a.m. – „COVID-19 pandemic and criminal proceedings in Germany”, Roland Kempfle LL.M., judge (Germany)
• 12.40 a.m. –1.00 p.m.– „COVID-19 pandemic and criminal proceedings in Denmark”, Mikael Sjöberg, High Court Judge/President of the Danish Association of Judges (Denmark)
• 1.00–1.20 p.m. – „COVID-19 pandemic and criminal proceedings in Ukraine”, Prof. Oksana Kaplina, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University (Ukraine)

1.20–2.00 p.m. – open discussion

2.00–3.00 p.m. – lunch break

Panel II: The COVID-19 pandemic and the right to a fair trial in Poland

Moderator: Prof. Kazimierz Zgryzek, University of Silesia (Poland)

• 3.00–3.20 p.m. – „COVID-19 pandemic and coercive measures”, Prof. Radosław Olszewski, University of Łódź (Poland)
• 3.20–3.40 p.m. – „COVID-19 pandemic and openness of criminal proceedings”, assoc. prof. Hanna Gajewska-Kraczkowska, PhD, University of Warsaw,
  (Poland)
• 3.40–4.00 p.m. – „COVID-19 pandemic and the principle of collegiality”, Prof. Jerzy Skorupka, judge, University of Wrocław (Poland)
• 4.00–4.20 p.m. – „COVID-19 pandemic and the time limits”, Prof. Hanna Paluszkiewicz, University of Zielona Góra (Poland)

4.20–5.00 p.m. – open discussion

5.00 p.m. – final remarks and closing of the second day of the conference