Representatives of Constitutional and Supreme Courts of EU Member States, of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the European Court of Human Rights will participate in a conference on August 31 and September 1 2023. Their judicial dialogue will be about the role of their courts in upholding the core values on which the European Union is founded, such as the rule of law and human rights. When should national diversity be set aside in favour of the unity of EU law? Conversely, when should EU law allow room for national diversity?  The conference is co-organised by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Constitutional Court of Belgium, the Constitutional Court of Luxembourg and the Supreme Court of the Netherlands, and will be held in the Hoge Raad building in The Hague.

The title of the conference is “EUnited in diversity II: The Rule of Law and Constitutional Diversity.” This conference is intended as a sequel to the “EUnited in Diversity: between common constitutional traditions and national identities” conference which was held in September 2021 in Riga, Latvia.

The conference will be opened by Mr Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice of the European Union. The opening will be followed by keynote speeches from Mr Koen Lenaerts, President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Ms Síofra O'Leary, President of the European Court of Human Rights, and Ms Dineke de Groot, President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands. In four panels different topics will be discussed in two days. The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic will be represented by its Justice Mr Tomáš Lichovník.