On 13 March 2023, the first Conference of the EUVALWEB Law Clinic concerning ‘Security Challenges in the Context of the War in Ukraine‘ took place at the Department of Legal Sciences of the University of Salerno.

During the event Prof. Teresa Russo, EUVALWEB Chair Holder, Dr. Cascone, Prof. Bargiacchi, Prof. Hitaj and Prof. Buonomenna took the floor to share their knowledge and opinions on the critical issues emerging from the ongoing Ukrainian conflict. For more details on the content of their speeches see http://euvalweb.euweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EUVALWEB-Bios-abstracts-13-3-2023.pdf

The final debate was exciting and rich in suggestions.

An album full of pictures of the conference day of 13 March 2023 is now available on EUVALWEB’s Facebook account, at the link https://www.facebook.com/media/set/edit/a.707175131199039

On Monday, 13 March 2023, starting at 2.30 p.m., in Hall 5 of the Department of Legal Sciences, UNISA, the first Conference of the Law Clinic “EU Cooperation on JHA and the Western Balkans“, organised in the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair “Promoting Public Awareness on Enlargement, EU Values and the Western Balkans’ Accession” (EUVALWEB), entitled “Security Challenges in the Context of the War in Ukraine“, will take place.

The Conference will be introduced by Prof. Teresa Russo, EUVALWEB Chair Holder and will be enriched by the speeches of Dr. Andrea Cascone (Director for the Adriatic and the Western Balkans of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Member of the EUVALWEB Chair Team), Prof. Paolo Bargiacchi (Full Professor of International Law, University “Kore” of Enna), Prof. Erjon Hitaj (Lecturer in International Law, Director of the Law Department, University “Ismail Qemali” of Vlore, Albania, Member of the EUVALWEB Legal Observatory) and Prof. Francesco Buonomenna (Associate Professor of European Union Law, DSG, UNISA, and  Member of the EUVALWEB Legal Observatory).

At the end of the Conference, a question-and-answer session will animate the debate.

The Conference is accredited by the Salerno Bar Association Council for the recognition of professional credits and it will be possible to participate both in presence and remotely (Microsoft Teams platform).

To register and participate: info@euweb.org. For further information on the titles of the speeches, please see the following flyer: http://euvalweb.euweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/EUVALWEB-Flyer-Conference-13-3-2023.pdf

 

 

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On Monday, 6 March 2023, at 10:30 a.m. in the ‘Nicola Cilento’ Hall (Building C1), the inaugural joint conference of the Jean Monnet Chair ‘Promoting Public Awareness on Enlargement Policy, EU Values and the Western Balkans’ Accession’ (EUVALWEB) (Coordinator Prof. Teresa Russo) and of the Jean Monnet Module ‘Democracy and the Rule of Law: A New Push for European Values’ (EU-DRAW) (Coordinator Prof. Rossana Palladino) will be held.

After the welcoming speeches of the Rector of the University of Salerno, Prof. Vincenzo Loia, and Profs. Giovanni Sciancalepore (Director of the Department of Legal Sciences) and Francesco Fasolino (President of the Didactic Council of the Department of Legal Sciences), the Conference, coordinated by Prof. Angela Di Stasi (Director of the Observatory on the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice) and introduced by Profs. Teresa Russo and Rossana Palladino, will be enriched by the speeches of Prof. Francesco Bestagno (Legal Advisor at the Permanent Representation of Italy to the European Union, Brussels) and Ambassador Cosimo Risi, on the theme ‘Advancing EU Values: Internal and External Policies‘.

The Conference will inaugurate the teaching, research and dissemination activities of the Jean Monnet Chair and Module, selected for co-funding by the European Commission (Jean Monnet, Erasmus +) for the three-year period 2022-2025, at the Department of Legal Sciences (School of Law).

Higher resolution flyer: https://euvalweb.euweb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/6-marzo-2023.-locandina.pdf

On 15 December 2022, the University of Oradea (Romania) hosted an International online Conference of Bachelor, Master and PhD Students in Law entitled “Rights and Freedoms to Be Protected in Post-Modern Society“, which involved as co-organizers together with the Department of Legal Sciences, University of Salerno, several other Universities, that is: Faculty of Law, University of Debrecen (Hungary); Faculty of Law, University of Miskolc (Hungary); Faculty of Law, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine); Department of Law, University of Palermo (Italy); Faculty of Law and Politics, University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne (France); Institute of Legal Studies, University of Rzeszow (Poland); Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, University of Szeged (Hungary).

EUVALWEB participated in the person of its Chair Holder, Professor Teresa Russo, as a member of the Scientific Committee and as one of the moderators of the event. In addition, EUVALWEB tutors were selected to participate in the conference as speakers.

Respectively, PhD student Stefano Busillo took part in Session I “Human Rights in the Context of War Menace”, with his presentation “Protecting the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict: A Look at the Principles of the ILC Draft” and PhD student Emanuele Vannata participated in Session III “Human Rights and New Technologies. Opportunity or Threat?”, with his presentation “Digital Authoritarianism, Freedom of Expression and Mass Surveillance in the Digital Age. The Case of Iran‘.

Thanks to the coordination of Prof. Russo and the support of the two tutors, the work of Elisabetta Lambiase, a recent graduate from the Department of Legal Sciences at the University of Salerno, was also selected for the Call, discussing in Session III a presentation entitled “EU Border Control Mechanisms: Protection or Violation of Human Rights?”.

This allows us to broaden the cultural dialogue and provide opportunities for personal and professional training and growth to the youngest.

We would like to thank all our partners of this amazing scientific initiative for the excellent results achieved.