The European Commission publishes an annual Rule of Law Report – which presents a summary of the situation of the rule of law in the EU, as well as an individualized assessment of the situation in each Member State. The Commission aims to detect and prevent emerging challenges, as well as to support reforms related to the rule of law, always based on a continuous dialogue with national public authorities, and through broad consultation with civil society in the various Member States (representative bodies, professional associations, etc.).
This report assesses developments in the rule of law in four dimensions: i) the functioning of the justice system (focusing on its independence, quality and efficiency); ii) the anti-corruption framework (focusing on the effectiveness of national anti-corruption policies); iii) media pluralism and freedom (focusing on the independence of the bodies that regulate the sector, transparency and concentration of media ownership, the safety of journalists and access to information, etc.), and iv) checks and balances (focusing on the independence of the bodies that regulate the sector, transparency and concentration of media ownership, the safety of journalists and access to information, etc.). ), and iv) institutional checks and balances (focusing on the quality and scope of the national legislative process, the role of the Constitutional Court and independent authorities such as the Ombudsman, the role of civil society in organizations safeguarding the rule of law, etc.).
In this II Ibero-American Congress on Law and Digital Technologies, organized by JusGov (Justice and Governance Research Centre) and CitDig (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in Digital Citizenship and Technological Sustainability), the Coordinating Committee intends to address the challenges of the rule of law in the face of the digital transition, based on the four criteria used by the European Commission to assess the situation of the rule of law in the different Member States.
PROGRAMME:
REGISTRATION:
LOCATION:
Noble Auditorium of the Law School of the University of Minho
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATION:
Alessandra Silveira
Francisco Andrade
Teresa Coelho Moreira
Tiago Branco da Costa
ORGANIZATION:
EDUM – University of Minho School of Law
JusGov – Justice and Governance Research Center
CitDig – Jean Monnet Center of Excellence in Digital Citizenship and Technological Sustainability