Public Lecture “Twenty Five Years of the UK Human Rights Act 1998: its achievements and prospect”
Date and Time:
June 29 From 13:00 to 16:00(Japan Time)
Venue:
the 303 meeting room, 8th building, Waseda Campus
Language: Japanese
Everyone is welcome to attend free of charge.
Host: Joint Research Project “Studies on the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom “
Co-host: Institute of Comparative Law, Waseda University, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
Abstract:
The 1998 Human Rights Act in the United Kingdom is the legislation for domestically implementing the European Convention on Human Rights. This symposium clarifies how both British law and the European Convention on Human Rights have interacted with each other as a result of the enactment and implementation of this Human Rights Act.
Changes that occurred on the side of British law will be discussed, including de facto restrictions on the legislative power of Parliament, acceptance of and resistance to European Court of Human Rights precedents by British courts, the unique development of the common law, and the development of new constitutional theories on human rights law.
Changes that have occurred on the part of the European Convention on Human Rights will be examined, including the “judicial dialogue” between the British courts (and the courts of other member states) and the European Court of Human Rights, amendments to the preamble of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Council of Europe and amendments to the Rules of Court in the European Court of Human Rights. The in-person presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and discussion with the audience.
Program:
13：00 “Opening Remarks and Explanations of Purposes” Moderator: Tamio Nakamura (Professor, Waseda University)
13：10 “What the Human Rights Act has brought about” Takashi Kuramochi (Former Professor, Nanzan University)
13：35 “Possibilities and Challenges of Human Rights Law” Akiko Ejima (Professor, Meiji University)
14：00 “Human Rights Law and British Constitutional Theory” Koji Aikyo (Professor, Waseda University)
14：25 “European Convention on Human Rights and the Tensions and Co-operation of Member States” Hiroko Tateishi (Professor, Hosei University)
14：50-15:00 Break
15：00 “Discussion” (Panel and Floor)
15：50 “Concluding Remarks” Moderator: Tamio Nakamura
16：00 Closing
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