2Nd Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice

Update 30 January 2011

2nd Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice

2ème Congrès de la Conférence mondiale sur la justice constitutionnelle

“Separation of Powers and Independence of Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Bodies”

"La séparation des pouvoirs et l'indépendance des cours constitutionnelles et instances équivalentes "

organised by the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil and the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

organisé par la Cour suprême fédérale du Brésil et la Commission de Venise du Conseil de l'Europe

Rio de Janeiro, 16-18 January/janvier 2011

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS / LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS 2 COURTS / COURS

1. ALBANIA / ALBANIE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Bashkim DEDJA, President, Constitutional Court, TIRANA Mr Sokol BERBERI, Judge, Constitutional Court, TIRANA Ms Alma COMO, Director, Constitutional Court, TIRANA

2. ALGERIA / ALGERIE (ACCPUF, JCCJ, UACCC) M. Boualem BESSAÏH, Président, Conseil constitutionnel, ALGERS, Membre de la Commission de Venise [accompagné par M. Mostefa BOUAKAZ, Chef du Protocole] M. Mohamed HABCHI, Membre du Conseil constitutionnel, ALGERS, Membre suppléant de la Commission de Venise M. Moussa LARABA, Membre du Conseil constitutionnel, ALGERS M. Mohamed ABOU, Membre du Conseil constitutionnel, ALGERS

3. ANDORRA / ANDORRE (ACCPUF, CECC, CIJC, JCCJ) M. Pierre SUBRA DE BIEUSSES, Président, Tribunal constitutionnel, ANDORRA LA VELLA M. Didier MAUS, Magistrat, Tribunal constitutionnel, ANDORRA LA VELLA, Président émérité de l’Association internationale de droit constitutionnel M. Carles VIVER PI-SUNYER, Magistrat, Tribunal constitutionnel, ANDORRA LA VELLA Mme Rosa Marie RUIZ, Officier conseil, Tribunal constitutionnel, ANDORRA LA VELLA

4. ANGOLA / ANGOLA (ACCPUF, CJCPLP) M. Rui Constantino DA CRUZ FERREIRA, Juiz Presidente, Tribunal Constitucional, LUANDA M. Miguel CORREIA, Juiz Conselheiro, Tribunal Constitucional, LUANDA M. Isaac PAULO, Director do Gabinete para intercâmbio e cooperação international, Tribunal Constitucional, LUANDA Mme Yola da Graça MAURICIO QUARESMA, Secretaria do Juiz Presidente, Tribunal Constitucional, LUANDA

5. ARMENIA / ARMENIE (ACCPUF, CECC, CCCOCYD, JCCJ) Mr Gagik HARUTYUNYAN, President, Constitutional Court, YEREVAN, Member of the Venice Commission, Chair of the CCCOCYD Mr Artashes EMIN, Assistant of the President, YEREVAN

6. AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE (CECC, JCCJ) Ms Brigitte BIERLEIN, Vice-President, Constitutional Court, VIENNA Mr Christoph GRABENWARTER, University Professor, Judge, Constitutional Court, VIENNA, Co-President of the Joint Council on Constitutional Justice of the Venice Commission

7. AZERBAIJAN / AZERBAIDJAN (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Farhad ABDULLAYEV, Chairman, Constitutional Court, BAKU Mr Raouf GULIYEV, Secretary General, Constitutional Court, BAKU 3

8. BELARUS / BELARUS (CCCOCYD, CECC, JCCJ) Mr Petr MIKLASHEVICH, Chairman, Constitutional Court, MINSK Mr Vasily SELEDEVSKY, Head of the Legal Department, Constitutional Court, MINSK

9. BELGIUM / BELGIQUE (ACCPUF, CECC, JCCJ) M. Marc BOSSUYT, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, BRUXELLES M. Roger HENNEUSE, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, BRUXELLES

10. BENIN (ACCPUF) M. Robert DOSSOU, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, PORTO NOVO, Président de l’ACCPUF M. Théodore HOLO, Professeur, Conseiller à la Cour Constitutionnelle et Président de la Haute Cour de Justice du Benin, PORTO NOVO M. Jacob ZINSOUNON, Conseiller à la Cour Constitutionnelle du Benin, PORTO NOVO

11. BOLIVIA Mr Juan LANCHIPA PONCE, President, Constitutional Tribunal, LA PAZ Mr Ernesto Félix MUR, Member, Constitutional Tribunal, LA PAZ

12. BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Nedim ADEMOVIĆ, Head of Office of the President, Constitutional Court, SARAJEVO

13. BRAZIL / BRESIL (CIJC, CJCPLP, JCCJ) Mr Antonio Cezar PELUSO, President, Federal Supreme Court, BRASILIA Mr Gilmar MENDES, Judge, Federal Supreme Court, BRASILIA

14. BRAZIL / BRESIL Mr Ricardo LEWANDOWSKY, President Federal Electoral Court, Judge, Federal Supreme Court, BRASILIA

15. BULGARIA / BULGARIE (ACCPUF, CECC, JCCJ) Mr Evgeni TANCHEV, President, Constitutional Court, SOFIA, Member of the Venice Commission Mr Krassen STOICHEV, Judge, Constitutional Court, SOFIA

16. BURKINA FASO / BURKINA FASO (ACCPUF) M. Dé Albert MILLOGO, Président, Conseil constitutionnel, OUAGADOUGOU M. Benoît G. KAMBOU, Membre, Conseil constitutionnel, OUAGADOUGOU

17. CAMEROUN / CAMEROUN (ACCPUF) M. Alexis DIPANDA MOUELLE, Premier Président, Cour suprême, YAOUNDE M. Martin RISSOUK à MOULONG, Procureur Général, Cour suprême, YAOUNDE M. Daniel NDOUMBE, Conseiller, Cour suprême, YAOUNDE

18. CANADA / CANADA (Commonwealth, JCCJ) Mr Ian BINNIE, Justice, Supreme Court, OTTAWA 4

19. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE CENTRAFRICAINE (ACCPUF) Mr Marcel MALONGA, President, Constitutional Court, BANGUI

20. CHAD / TCHAD (ACCPUF) M. David Ngarimaden HOUDEINGAR, Président, Conseil constitutionnel, N'DJAMENA Madame Agnès ILDJIMA LOKIAM, Conseiller, Conseil constitutionnel, N'DJAMENA

21. CHILE (CIJC, JCCJ) Ms Marisol PEÑA, Justice, Constitutional Tribunal, SANTIAGO, Substitute Member of the Venice Commission Mr Sebastián LÓPEZ, Assistant Lawyer, Constitutional Tribunal, SANTIAGO

22. COLOMBIA / COLOMBIE (CIJC) Mr Mauricio GONZALEZ CUERVO, President, Constitutional Court, BOGOTÁ

23. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE (ACCPUF) M. Auguste ILOKI, Vice-président, Cour constitutionnelle, BRAZZAVILLE

24. CROATIA / CROATIE (CECC, JCCJ) Ms Jasna OMEJEC, President, Constitutional Court, ZAGREB, Member of the Venice Commission Mr Miroslav ŠEPAROVIĆ, Judge, Constitutional Court, ZAGREB Ms Slavica BANIC, Judge, Constitutional Court, ZAGREB, Substitute Member of the Venice Commission Ms Ksenija PODGORNIK, Head of the Office of the President, Constitutional Court, ZAGREB

25. ECUADOR Mr Edgar ZARATE ZARATE, Vice-President of the Constitutional Court, QUITO

26. EGYPT / EGYPTE (ACCPUF, UACCC) Mr Farouk AHMED SULTAN, President, Supreme Constitutional Court, President of the Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils, CAIRO Mr Maher SAMI YOUSSEF, Deputy Chief Justice, Supreme Constitutional Justice, CAIRO Mr Saïd MARIE AMR, Vice-President, Supreme Constitutional Court, CAIRO Mr Tarek ABD ELALEEM, Head of the Commissioner’s Body, Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, CAIRO

27. ESTONIA / ESTONIE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Mart RASK, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, TALLINN Ms Mari-Liis LIPSTOK, Executive Assistant to the Chief Justice, TALLINN

28. FINLAND - Supreme Administrative Court / FINLANDE – Cour administrative suprême (JCCJ) Mr Pekka HALLBERG, President, Supreme Administrative Court, HELSINKI 5 29. FINLAND - Supreme Court / FINLANDE – Cour suprême (JCCJ) Ms Pauline KOSKELO, President, Supreme Court, HELSINKI

30. GABON / GABON (ACCPUF) M. Jean-Christophe NZE-BITEGHE, Conseiller, Membre, Cour constitutionnelle, LIBREVILLE M. Jacques LEBAMA, Conseiller, Membre, Cour constitutionnelle, LIBREVILLE

31. GEORGIA / GEORGIE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr George PAPUASHVILI, President, Constitutional Court, BATUMI, Member of the Venice Commission Mr Konstantine VARDZELASHVILI, Vice-President, Constitutional Court, BATUMI, Substitute Member of the Venice Commission

32. GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Rudolf MELLINGHOFF, Professor, Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court, KARLSRUHE

33. GHANA / GHANA (Commonwealth) Mr S K Date-Bah, Justice, Supreme Court, ACCRA Mr Abubakari TIJANI, Embassy of Ghana, BRAZILIA

34. GUINEA-BISSAU / GUINEE-BISSAU (ACCPUF, CJCPLP) Ms Maria do Céu SILVA MONTEIRO, President, Supreme Court of Justice, BISSAU Mr Mamadu SAIDO BALDE, President of the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court, BISSAU Mr Alcides Bartolomeu ALMEIDA CORRREIA DA SILVA, Head of Cabinet, Office of the President of the Supreme Court, BISSAU Ms Soraya PINA, Judge, Regional Court of Bissau

35. GUINEA EQUITORAL / GUINEE-EQUITORIALE (CIJC) Mr Francisco JAVIER NGOMO MBENGONO, President, Tribunal constitucional, MALABO Mr Bwalelele BOKOKO ITOGI, Magistrate, Tribunal constitucional, MALABO

36. HAITI / HAÏITI (ACCPUF) Mr Georges MOISE, Vice-Président et Président par intérim, Cour de Cassation, PETIONVILLE

37. HUNGARY / HONGRIE (ACCPUF, CECC, JCCJ) Mr Peter PACZOLAY, President, Constitutional Court, BUDAPEST, Vice-President of the Venice Commission Mr Elemer BALOGH, Judge, Constitutional Court, BUDAPEST 6 38. INDONESIA / INDONESIE (AACCEI) Mr Mohammad MAHFUD MAHMODIN, Chief Justice, Constitutional Court, JAKARTA PUSAT Mr Sudaryomo HARTOSUDARMO, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the Federative Republic of Brazil, BRAZILIA Mr HARJONO, Justice, Constitutional Court, JAKARTA PUSAT Mr Octavino ALIMUDIN, Officer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia, JAKARTA PUSAT

39. IRELAND / IRLANDE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Donal O'DONNELL, Justice, Supreme Court, DUBLIN

40. ISRAEL / ISRAËL (JCCJ) Mr Eliezer RIVLIN, Deputy President, Supreme Court, JERUSALEM

ITALY / ITALIE Mr Gianni BUQUICCHIO, President of the Venice Commission, STRASBOURG

41. KAZAKSTAN / KAZAKHSTAN (CCCOCYD, JCCJ) Mr Igor ROGOV, President, Constitutional Council, ASTANA Mr Bakyt NURMUKHANOV, Advisor to the Chairperson, Constitutional Council, ASTANA

42. KOREA, REPUBLIC / COREE , REPUBLIQUE (AACCEI, JCCJ) Mr Kang-Kook LEE, President, Constitutional Court, SEOUL Mr Kong-Hyun LEE, Justice, Constitutional Court, SEOUL, Member of the Venice Commission Mr Jin Wook KIM, Research Officer, Constitutional Court, SEOUL Mr Sang Hyeon JEON, Research Judge, Constitutional Court, SEOUL

43. LATVIA / LETTONIE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Gunārs KŪTRIS, President of the Constitutional Court, RIGA Ms Laila JURCĒNA, Adviser to the President of the Constitutional Court, Constitutional Court, RIGA

44. LEBANON / LIBAN (ACCPUF, UACCC) Mr Issam SLEIMAN, Président, Conseil Constitutionnel, BEYROUTH

45. LIBYA / LIBYE (UACCC) Mr Abdussalam E. EL-TUMI, President, Supreme Court, TRIPOLI Mr Ahmed AL SANOSI A. ALDIBEA, Judge, Supreme Court, TRIPOLI Mr Azzam A. EDDEEB, Judge, Supreme Court, TRIPOLI 7 46. LITHUANIA / LITUANIE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Kestutis LAPINSKAS, President, Constitutional Court, VILNIUS Mr Armanas ABRAMAVICIUS, Justice, Constitutional Court, VILNIUS Mr Egidijus KURIS, Professor and Head of Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Former President of Constitutional Court of Lithuania, VILNIUS

47. MADAGASCAR (ACCPUF) M. Jean- Michel RAJAONARIVONY, Président, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle, ANTANANARIVO M. Auguste ANDRIAMANANDRAIBE RAKOTOHARILALA, Haut Conseiller, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle, ANTANANARIVO M. Dieudonné RAKOTONDRABAO ANDRIANTSIHAFA, Haut Conseiller, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle, ANTANANARIVO M. Samuel Andriamorasoa RALISON, Greffier en Chef, Haut Conseiller, Haute Cour Constitutionnelle, ANTANANARIVO

48. MAURITANIA / MAURITANIE (ACCPUF, UACCC) M. Shair Ould M’BARECK, Président, Conseil constitutionnel, NOUAKCHOTT M. N’Gam LIRWANE, Membre, Conseil constitutionnel, NOUAKCHOTT

49. MAURITIUS / MAURICE (ACCPUF, Commonwealth, SACJF) Mr Marc France Eddy BALANCY, Judge, Supreme Court, PORT LOUIS

50. MEXICO (CIJC, JCCJ) Mrs Margarita Beatriz LUNA RAMOS, Judge, Suprema Corte, MEXICO

51. MEXICO (JCCJ) Ms Maria del Carmen ALANIS FIGUEROA, Chief Electoral Justice, Federal Electoral Court, MEXICO, Member of the Venice Commission Mr Patricio BALLADOS, Chief of Staff, Federal Electoral Court, MEXICO

52. MOLDOVA / MOLDOVA (ACCPUF, CCCOCYD, CECC, JCCJ) M. Dumitru PULBERE, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, CHISINAU

53. MONACO (ACCPUF, CECC, JCCJ) M. J.-M. LEMOYNE de FORGES, Vice-Président, Tribunal suprême, MONTE CARLO

54. MONGOLIA / MONGOLIE (AACCEI) Mr Jamsran BYAMBADORJ, Former Chairman, Constitutional Court, ULAANBAATAR Mr Banzragch PUREVNYAM, Member, Constitutional Court, ULAANBAATAR

55. MONTENEGRO / MONTENEGRO (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Milan MARKOVIC, President, Constitutional Court, PODGORICA Ms Desanka LOPICIC, Juge, Constitutional Court, PODGORICA Ms Milica Kadic AKOVIC, Court Associate, Constitutional Court, PODGORICA 8 56. MOROCCO / MAROC (ACCPUF, CCCE, CIJC, JCCJ, UACCC) M. Mohammed ACHARGUI, Président, Conseil constitutionnel, RABAT M. Hani EL FASSI, Membre, Conseil constitutionnel, RABAT M. Abderrazak MOULAY RACHID, Membre, Conseil constitutionnel, RABAT M. Sebhallah EL RHAZI, Membre, Conseil constitutionnel, RABAT

57. MOZAMBIQUE / MOZAMBIQUE (ACCPUF, Commonwealth, CJCPLP) Mr José Norberto CARRILHO, Judge Councillor, Constitutional Council, MAPUTO Mr Manuel Henrique FRANQUE, Judge Councillor, Constitutional Council, MAPUTO Mr Lucia da LUZ RIBEIRO, Judge Councillor, Constitutional Council, MAPUTO

58. NAMIBIA / NAMIBIE (Commonwealth, SACJF) Mr Peter Sam SHIVUTE, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, WINDHOEK Ms Kato VAN NIEKERK, Judge, High Court, WINDHOEK

59. NETHERLANDS – State Council / PAYS-BAS – Conseil d’Etat (JCCJ) Mr Petrus VAN DIJK, Vice-President, State Council, THE HAGUE, Member of the Venice Commission Mr Alexander Samuel (Sam) MULLER, The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law, THE HAGUE

60. NETHERLANDS – Supreme Court / PAYS-BAS – Cour suprême (JCCJ) Ms Wilhelmina M. E. THOMASSEN, Justice, Supreme Court, THE HAGUE Mr Andrea LOLLINI, Theme Coordinator Highest Courts, The Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law, Professor, University of Bologna and “Institut des Hautes Etudes sur la Justice”, PARIS

61. NICARAGUA (CIJC) Mr José Francisco ROSALES ARGUELLO, Judge, President of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, MANAGUA Mr Rafael SOLIS, Judge, Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, MANAGUA

62. NIGER (ACCPUF) Mme Fatimata SALIFOU, Président, Conseil constitutionnel, NIAMEY M. Karimou HAMANI, Conseiller, Conseil constitutionnel, NIAMEY

63. NORWAY / NORVEGE (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Tore SCHEI, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, OSLO Mr Liv GJØLSTAD, Justice, Supreme Court, OSLO Mr Jens Edvin A. SKOGHØY, Justice, Supreme Court, OSLO Mr Arnfinn BÅRDSEN, Justice, Supreme Court, OSLO

64. PERU (CIJC, JCCJ) Mr Carlos MESÍA RAMÍREZ, President, Constitutional Court, LIMA Mr Gerardo ETO CRUZ, Judge, Constitutional Court, LIMA Mr Oscar URVIOLA HANI, Judge, Constitutional Court, LIMA 9 65. PORTUGAL (CECC , CJCPLP, CIJC, JCCJ) Mr Rui MOURA RAMOS, President, Constitutional Court, LISBON Ms Maria João ANTUNES, Judge, Constitutional Court, LISBON Ms Ana GUERRA MARTINS, Judge, Constitutional Court, LISBON Ms Teresa ALMEIDA GARRETT, Chief of Cabinet of the President, Constitutional Court, LISBON

66. ROMANIA / ROUMANIE (ACCPUF, CECC, JCCJ) Mr Tudorel TOADER, Judge, Constitutional Court, BUCHAREST Ms Iulia Antoanella MOTOC, Judge, Constitutional Court, BUCHAREST

67. RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE (CCCOCYD, CECC, JCCJ) Mr Sergey KAZANTSEV, Justice, Constitutional Court, SAINT PETERSBURG Mr Sergey MAVRIN, Vice-President, Constitutional Court, SAINT PETERSBURG, Substitute Member of the Venice Commission

68. SAO TOME E PRINCIPE (CIJC, CJCPLP) Mr Silvestre DA FONSECA LEITE, Judge, President, Superior Tribunal de Justiça, Sao Tomé e Principe Mrs Maria Alice RODRIGUES VERA CRUZ DE CARVALHO, Judge-Counsellor, Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, Sao Tomé e Principe Mr Hilario José Leabra GARRIDO, Judge-Counsellor, Supremo Tribunal de Justiça, Sao Tomé e Principe

69. SENEGAL (ACCPUF) M. Isaac Yankhoba NDIAYE, Vice-président, Conseil constitutionnel, DAKAR

70. SERBIA / SERBIE (CECC, JCCJ) Mme Bosa NENADIĆ, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, BELGRADE Mme Olivera VUČIČ, Juge, Cour constitutionnelle, BELGRADE

71. SEYCHELLES (ACCPUF, SACJF) Mr F.M.S. EGONDA-NTHENDE, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, VICTORIA

72. SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE (ACCPUF, CECC, JCCJ) Ms Etelka KORPIC HORVAT, Judge, Constitutional Court, LJUBLJANA Mr Jan ZOBEC, Judge, Constitutional Court, LJUBLJANA

73. SOUTH AFRICA / AFRIQUE DU SUD (SACJF, JCCJ) Mr Sandile NGCOBO, Chief Justice, Constitutional Court, JOHANNESBURG Mr Johan VAN DER WESTHUIZEN, Judge, Constitutional Court, JOHANNESBURG Mrs Nonkosi MHLANTLA, Judge, Supreme Court of Appeal, JOHANNESBURG Mr Allister SLINGERS, Office Manager to the Chief Justice of South Africa, Constitutional Court, JOHANNESBURG 10 74. SPAIN / ESPAGNE (CECC, CIJC, JCCJ) Mr Miguel Angel MONTAÑÉS, Deputy Secretary General, Constitutional Court, MADRID Mr Léon de la TORRE KRAIS, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Constitutional Court, MADRID

75. SWEDEN (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Mats MELIN, President, Supreme Administrative Court, STOCKHOLM

76. SWITZERLAND / SUISSE (ACCPUF, CECC, JCCJ) M. Lorenz MEYER, Président, Tribunal féderal, LAUSANNE

77. THAILAND / THAILANDE Mr Chut CHONLAVORN, President, Constitutional Court, BANGKOK Mr Chalermpon AKE-URU, Justice, Constitutional Court, BANGKOK Mr Suphot KHAIMUK, Justice, Constitutional Court, BANGKOK Mr Charoon INTACHAN, Justice, Constitutional Court, BANGKOK

78. “THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA” / “L’EX-RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACÉDOINE” (CECC, JCCJ) Mr Branko NAUMOSKI, President, Constitutional Court, SKOPJE Ms Vera MARKOVA, Judge, Constitutional Court, SKOPJE Ms Gzime STAROVA, Judge, Constitutional Court, SKOPJE Ms Simona GERASIMOVA-JOVANOVSKA, Adviser, Constitutional Court, SKOPJE

79. TOGO (ACCPUF) M. Aboudou ASSOUMA, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, LOME

80. TUNISIA / TUNISIE (ACCPUF, JCCJ, UACCC) M. Fathi ABDENNADHER, Président, Conseil constitutionnel, TUNIS

81. UKRAINE (CCCOYD, CECC, JCCJ) Mr Anatolii HOLOVIN, Chairman, Constitutional Court, KYIV

82. UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME UNI (CECC, COMMONWEALTH, JCCJ) Mr John SORABJI, Barrister and Legal Secretary to the Master of the Rolls, the Royal Court of Justice, LONDON

83. YEMEN (UACCC) Mr Esam Abdulwahab Mohammed AL-SAMAWI, Head of the Juridicial Supreme Council, Chairman of the High Court, Chairman of the Constitutional Department, High Court, SANA’A Mr Ali Nasser Salem BABRAIK, Vice-Chairman of the High Court, Chairman of the Civil Circuit (1), Member of the Constitutional Department, High Court, SANA’A Mr Ali Abdrabu Mohammed SALEH, Director General of Planning and Statistics, Accounts Manager, High Court, SANA’A 11 84. ZAMBIA / ZAMBIE (COMMONWEALTH, SACJF) Mr Ernest SAKALA, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, LUSAKA Mr Marvin MWANAMWABWA, Judge, Supreme Court, LUSAKA Mr Dennis CHIRWA, Justice, Supreme Court, LUSAKA Mr Mathew ZULU, Special Assistant to the Chief Justice, Supreme Court, LUSAKA

85. ZIMBABWE (COMMONWEALTH, SACJF) Ms R. MAKARAU, Justice, Supreme Court, HARARE

INTERNATIONAL COURTS / COURS INTERNATIONALES

86. COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION / COUR DE JUSTICE DE L’UNION EUROPÉENNE M. Jiri MALENOVSKY, Juge, Cour de justice de l’Union Européenne, LUXEMBOURG

87. EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS / COUR EUROPÉENNE DES DROITS DE L’HOMME M. Josep CASADEVALL, Président de section de la Cour européenne des droits de l’homme, STRASBOURG

88. INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS / COUR INTERAMERICAINE DES DROITS DE L'HOMME Mr Diego GARCIA-SAYAN, President, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA

REGIONAL OR LINGUISTIC GROUPS / GROUPES REGIONAUX OU LINGUISTIQUES

1. Association of Asian Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions / Association des Cours constitutionnelles and institutions équivalentes d’Asie (AACCEI) - Korea / Corée Mr Kang-Kook LEE, President, Constitutional Court, SEOUL Mr Kong-Hyun LEE, Justice, Constitutional Court, SEOUL Mr Jin Wook KIM, Research Officer, Constitutional Court, SEOUL

2. Association des Cours Constitutionnelles ayant en Partage l’Usage du Français / Association of Constitutional Courts using the French Language (ACCPUF) – Bénin, France M. Robert DOSSOU, Président, Cour constitutionnelle, PORTO NOVO M. Théodore HOLO, Professeur, Conseiller à la Cour Constitutionnelle et Président de la Haute Cour de Justice du Benin, PORTO NOVO M. Jacob ZINSOUNON, Conseiller à la Cour Constitutionnelle du Benin, PORTO NOVO

3. Conference of Constitutional Control Organs of Countries of Young Democracy / Conférence des organes de contrôle constitutionnel des pays de jeune démocratie (CCCOCYD) - Armenia / Armenie Mr Gagik HARUTYUNYAN, President, Constitutional Court, EREVAN Mr Artashes EMIN, Assistant of the President, Constitutional Court, EREVAN 12 4. Conference of European Constitutional Courts / Conférence des cours constitutionnelles européennes (CECC) - Romania / Roumanie Ms Iulia Antoanella MOTOC, Judge, Constitutional Court, BUCHAREST Mr Tudorel TOADER, Judge, Constitutional Court, BUCHAREST

5. Ibero-American Conference of Constitutional Justice / Conférence ibéro-américaine de justice constitutionnelle (CICJ) Mr Miguel Angel MONTAÑÉS, Deputy Secretary General, Constitutional Court, MADRID Mr Léon de la TORRE KRAIS, Head of the Cabinet of the President of the Constitutional Court, MADRID

6. Joint Council on Constitutional Justice / Conseil mixte sur la Justice constitutionnelle (JCCJ) Mr Christoph GRABENWARTER, Judge, Constitutional Court, VIENNA, Co-President of the Joint Council on Constitutional Justice of the Venice Commission

7. Conference of Constitutional Courts of Countries of Portuguese Language / Conférence des cours constitutionnelles des pays de langue portugaise (CJCPLP) - Mozambique / Mozambique Mr Luis Antonio MONDLANE, President, Constitutional Council, MAPUTO Mr Manuel Henrique FRANQUE, Judge Councillor, Constitutional Council, MAPUTO Mr José Norberto CARRILHO, Judge Councillor, Constitutional Council, MAPUTO Mr Lucia da LUZ RIBEIRO, Judge Councillor, Constitutional Council, MAPUTO

8. COMMONWEALTH Courts - Canada Mr Ian BINNIE, Justice, Supreme Court, OTTAWA

9. Southern African Chief Justices Forum / Forum des juges en chef d’Afrique australe (SACJF) - Zambia / Zambie Mr Ernest SAKALA, Chief Justice, Supreme Court, LUSAKA Mr Marvin MWANAMWABWA, Judge, Supreme Court, LUSAKA Mr Dennis CHIRWA, Justice, Supreme Court, LUSAKA Mr Mathew ZULU, Special Assistant to the Chief Justice, Supreme Court, LUSAKA

10. UNION OF ARAB CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS AND COUNCILS / UNION DES COURS ET CONSEILS CONSTITUTIONNELS ARABES (UACCC) – Mr Mohamed ABDELKADER ABDALLAH, Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, Secretary General of the Union of Arab Constitutional Courts and Councils, CAIRO Mr Hassan ELBADRAWY, Vice-President of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt Mr Hatem HAMAD BEGATO, Head of the Commissioner’s Body, Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt, CAIRO 13 OTHERS

KONRAD-ADENAUER-STIFTUNG Ms Gisela ELSNER, Director, Rule of Law Programme / Latin America, Konrad- Adenauer-Stiftung, MONTEVIDEO

NORWEGIAN PARLIAMENTARY OMBUDSMAN Mr Arne FLIFLET, Ombudsman, Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman, OSLO

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR GLOBAL INTERDEPENDENCE AND SOLIDARITY , LISBON / CENTRE EUROPEEN POUR L’INDEPDEDANCE ET LA SOLIDARITE MONDIALES, LISBONNE M. Denis HUBER, Directeur exécutif, LISBONNE

UNITED NATIONS / NATIONS UNIS Ms Gabriela KNAUL, UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers – Human Rights Council

Federal Suprepe Court of Brazil

André RUFINO Anna CIAMMARICONI Antonio CARDOSO NETO Beatriz BASTIDE HORBACH Carlos HUMBERTO LUIS Carolina YUMI Celso PUPO Christine PETER Cláudia ROSSI Dayse BORGES Elton LEME Elysio DOS SANTOS Erismar FILHO Fabrício DE CARVALHO CORTES Fernando MARCONDES Guilherme DE PAIVA Herivelto FERREIRA Ilmar GALVÃO Joyce RUSSI Juliana GARCIA BARENHO Kassia ZINATO Loyane RODRIGUES STIVAL Luciano FELÍCIO FUCK Magui NOGUEIRA Márcio SOUSA BARBOSA Maria Angela SANTA CRUZ OLIVEIRA Octávio GALLOTTI Orru ROMANO Pedro DEL PICCHIA 14 Roger GALINO Sérgio BARRADAS CARNEIRO Suely MARCONDES Tatiana SANTANA Tatiane SOUSA DIAS Vinicius HAESBAERT FEITOSA Walber LEÃO Yara SAYÃO Guiomar FEITOSA MENDES Yara DE ABREU LEWANDOWSKI

Association of Judges of Brazil

Antonio CESAR ROCHA ANTUNES SIQUEIRA Claudio LUIS BRAGA DELL ORTO Edmundo FRANCA DE OLIVEIRA Erickson GAVAZZA MARQUES Giselle SOUZA Nelson CALANDRA Raduan MIGUEL FILHO Renata GIL Roberto LUIS FELINTO DE OLIVEIRA

SECRETARIAT OF THE VENICE COMMISSION Mr Thomas MARKERT, Director, Secretary of the Venice Commission, STRASBOURG Mr Schnutz Rudolf DÜRR, Head of the Constitutional Justice Division, STRASBOURG Ms Tanja GERWIEN, Legal officer, Constitutional Justice Division, STRASBOURG Ms Marian JORDAN, Assistant, Constitutional Justice Division, STRASBOURG