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Vice-President of the Constitutional Court Jaroslav Fenyk spoke at the international conference in Vilnius

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania marked the centenary of the adoption of the first Lithuanian Constitution and the 30th anniversary of the current Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania with an international conference. The meeting, the main part of which took place on Tuesday 25 October, was co-organised by the European Commission for Democracy through Law (better known as the Venice Commission). 

The conference, entitled “From the National Constitution to Transnational Constitutionalism”, focused on constitutional heritage, the development of the official constitutional doctrine, and prospects for the sustainability of the Constitution. Using modern technologies, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic Mr. Jaroslav Fenyk participated in the conference and delivered a speech summarizing thirty years of constitutional review in the Czech Republic. After an introductory presentation of the powers of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic, prof. Fenyk elaborated on the so-called decades of the Constitutional Court and analysed the legal challenges that the Court has dealt with during its existence. He also did not forget to capture the development in the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court.

Pavel Dvořák
Head of External Relations and Protocol Department