The international conference on the occasion of the 30 years anniversary of the Constitution

On 25th of September, 2022 Law Faculty of Vilnius University organized an international conference „The 30th Anniversary of the 1992 Lithuanian Constitution and Constitutional Challenges in the 21st Century“, which was dedicated to the occasion of the 30 years anniversary of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Scholars and practicioners of law from Lithuania and abroad read their reports, a lot of interest was directed to constitutions of Lithuania and other countries, jurisprudence of constitutional courts.

Doc. dr. Haroldas Šinkūnas, the Dean of VU Law Faculty and prof. Koen Lenaerts, the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union have started the conference by  greeting’s speeches. They emphasized an importance of the Constitution and meaning of its values in a democratic state and its society.

Scholars of Lithuania were speaking in the first part of the conference. They presented  chalenges in the Constitutional Court of Lithuania, they were speaking about protection of constitutional human rights, practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union, relation between Europe Union law and national law, role of nation in creating the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania in 1992.

Scholars from Slovenia, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Ukraine, Austria and Lithuania shared thoughts and insights in second and third part of the conference. They presented their research about problems in interpreting and ensuring constitutional human rights, the role of the Constitutional Court of Lithuania in protecting human rights. Part of reports analyzed constitutional experience. Scholars talked about constitutional crisis in Poland and chalenges in law which appeared during COVID-19 pandemic, the constitutional jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Germany. They compared constitutions of Lithuania and Latvia, analyzed importance of constitutions for national security of states.