Web Conference Program (15.5.2025)

The EU Accession to the ECHR: Procedural Hurdles and Prospects before the ECtHR

WELCOME MESSAGE & OPENING REMARKS

PROF. PANAGIOTIS GLAVINIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

PROF. PARIS ARVANITAKIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

PRESIDING

DR. VASSILIS TZEVELEKOS, University of Liverpool, The UK

OPENING FRAMEWORK SPEECH

CHRISTOS GIAKOUMOPOULOS, Fmr. Director General DGI, Council of Europe

PRESENTERS

SNR. LECT. CHRISTINE BICKNELL, University of Exeter, The UK

The Burden of Proof in Cases Involving EU Law After the EU’s Accession to the ECHR

ZÖE BRYANSTON-CROSS, Deputy Head, Private Office of the President of the ECHR, Council of Europe

The Execution of Judgments against the EU and/or its Member States in Cases Involving EU Law After the EU Accession to the ECHR

ASSOC. PROF. LIZE R. GLAS, Radboud University, The Netherlands

Friendly Settlements and Unilateral Declarations by the EU and/or its Member States in Cases Involving EU law After the EU’s Accession to the ECHR

ASS. PROF. VASSILIS PERGANTIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Co-Respondent Mechanism and Proper Administration of Justice

PROF. JOSEPH KTENIDIS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The 2023 Draft Agreement on the EU Accession to the ECHR: Some Comments from the Perspective of EU Law