Final Conference
27 January 2015
Room B ITUH – 5, Boulevard Roi Albert II, Brussels
9h30 Welcome address
Fausto Durante, CGIL European Secretariat
Ivano Corraini, CGIL Legal Bureau
Chairperson: Emilio De Capitani, Executive Director Fundamental Rights European Experts Group
9h45 First session:
Socio-economic rights and the Charta of fundamental rights of the European Union
Egils Levits, Court of Justice of the European Union
Perspectives for the Impact of the EU Charta of Fundamental Rights on European case law
Giuseppe Bronzini, Court of cassation
The protection of the social, individual and collective rights, throught the EU Charta of Fundamental Rights five years after the Lisbon Treaty
Filip Dorssemont, Professor of Labour Law. Université Catholique de Louvain
The right to information and consultation in Article 27 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Text) (Slides)
Chiara Favilli, Professor of EU Law, University of Florence
The effective protection of fundamental rights before the European Courts in the light of the adhesion of the EU to the European Charta of Human Rights
12h30 Lunch
13h30 Second session:
Trade union rights and right to strike in the light of the European Charters of Rights after the Laval quartet
John Hendy, barrister in London and honorary Professor, University College, London
Rudolf Buschmann, Legal Advisor Rechtsschutz DGB, Lecturer at the University of Kassel
Tensions between trade union rights in the EU Charta of Fundamental Rights and the European Charta of Human Rights (EN)
Laura Calafà, Professor of Labour Law, University of Verona
Individual and collective dimension in anti-discrimination law. Reflections from Fiat case law (IT)
European Trade Union Confederation Legal Advisor
Isabelle Schomann, European Trade Union Institut
ETUC proposals to address the current unbalance between economic freedoms and fundamental social rights
Presentation of the operational guide
Andrea Allamprese, CGIL Legal Bureau
Lorenzo Fassina, CGIL Legal Bureau
16h30 Closing remarks: Wiebke Warneck, European Trade Union Confederation