People, Rule of Law, and Supreme Courts Now

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No one is above the law: this commitment is a valuable tool for harmony among citizens, justice among equals, and social well-being overall.

In this roundtable, four constitutional court judges will reflect on the present and future of the complex relationship between people and the rule of law, which has a direct effect on every person.

This international initiative is organized by the Italian Academy and is co-sponsored by the European Public Law Organization (EPLO, which has a mission at the United Nations in New York)—two institutions that have long been interested in the Rule of Law. EPLO launched a program on this topic at the United Nations in 2019, and the Italian Academy produced an edited volume of thirty-two essays on this subject in 2021.

Organizer: 
Barbara Faedda  
Executive Director, Italian Academy; Ambassador/Permanent Observer, EPLO Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Co-Sponsor: 
European Public Law Organization (EPLO)

Welcoming Remarks:

Barbara Faedda, Executive Director, Italian Academy; Ambassador/Permanent Observer, EPLO Permanent Mission to the United Nations

Spyridon Flogaitis, Director, EPLO; Professor of Public Law, University of Athens.

Roundtable Speakers:

Giuliano Amato, former President of the Italian Constitutional Court

Susanne Baer, Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany

Stephen G. Breyer, retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Ana Maria Guerra Martins, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights; former Judge of the Constitutional Court of Portugal

Moderator:

Jessica Bulman-Pozen, Betts Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Director, Center for Constitutional Governance, Columbia Law School

Photography and videography will not be permitted at this event.

Credit for Justice Breyer’s photograph: The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States.