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Index 02 General Program. The Separation of Powers: a Fundamental Aspect of the Rule of Law

Thursday, May 30th

4:00 p.m. JOINT MEETING OF THE FBE PRESIDENCY AND PRESIDENTS OF COMMISSIONS. Council Room at the Palauet Casades, Bar Association 5:00 p.m. MEETING OF THE COMMISSIONS. Rooms at the Palauet Casades, Barcelona Bar Association Commissions: • Access to justice • Arbitration • Professional insurance • Eastern Bars • Law without borders • Human Rights • Promotion and equalities • Ethics • Legal education • Mediation • New technologies • Organization and operation of Bar Associations and Law Societies • Future of the profession • Mediterranean 7:00 p.m. OFFICIAL OPENING RECEPTION. Pedralbes Palace. Avda. Diagonal, 686, 08034 Barcelona Transfer provided by the organization. A coach will depart at 6:30 p.m. The Royal Palace of Pedralbes is a historic building located in district of Barcelona, surrounded by a vast garden area, it has been selected as the venue of the Union for the Mediterranean. Nowadays the is an o icial building of the for the celebration of institutional events.

Friday, May 31st

9:00 a.m. OPENING OF THE CONGRESS. Assembly Hall of the Barcelona Bar Association • Mª Eugènia GAY. President of the Barcelona Bar Association • Michele LUCHERINI. President of the European Bars Federation (FBE) 9:15 a.m. Introductory Conference. Assembly Hall of the Barcelona Bar Association The Separation of Powers: a Fundamental Aspect of the Rule of Law. General Program 03 General Program

10:00 a.m. Working Sessions. Assembly Hall of the Barcelona Bar Association 10:00 a.m. PANEL 1: REAL SEPARATION IN COMPARISON TO POWER EQUILIBRIUM 11:30 a.m. Co ee Break 12:00 p.m. PANEL 2: THE SYSTEM OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY IN VARIOUS STATES 1:30 p.m. Working lunch. Pati de Columnes of the Barcelona Bar Association 3:00 p.m. Working Sessions. Assembly Hall of the Barcelona Bar Association 3:00 p.m. PANEL 3: INFLUENCE OF LOBBIES: THE ROLE OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS 4:00 p.m. PANEL 4: TRIBUNALS AS LAWMAKERS 5:45 p.m. Closing of the Congress • Eugeni GAY. Founder and First President of the European Bars Federation (FBE) 8:30 p.m. Gala Diner Gran Teatre del (Saló dels Miralls). La Rambla, 51-59, 08002 Barcelona. Barcelona's house, the Gran Teatre del Liceu, was founded on the Rambla in 1847 and has continued over the years to fulll its role as a culture and arts center and one of the symbols of the city.

Saturday, June 1st

10:00 a.m. Forum des Bâtonniers. 8th oor of the Barcelona Bar Association 11:00 a.m. General Assembly. Barcelona Bar’s 8th oor 1:30 p.m. Farewell Lunch (together with the accompanying guests) Hotel Condes de Barcelona: Alaire Terrace (5 minutes walking distance from Barcelona Bar) Passeig de Gràcia, 73, 08008 Barcelona. The Hotel Condes de Barcelona is ideally located on Passeig de Gràcia, the main commercial artery of the city, in the heart of modern Barcelona and opposite to Gaudí’s La Pedrera. The hotel occupies one former nineteenth century palace – Casa Daurella - which has been expanded and renovated to the highest architectural standards. 04 Programme General. La Séparation des Pouvoirs: Aspect Fondamental de l’État de Droit

Jeudi, 30 Mai

16h00 RÉUNION CONJOINTE PRÉSIDENCE ET PRÉSIDENTS DES COMMISSIONS. Salle du conseil de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone 17h00 RÉUNION DES COMMISSIONS. Salles du Palauet Casades, siège de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone Commissions: • Accès au droit • Arbitrage • Assurances professionnelles • Barreaux de l’est • Droit sans frontières • Droits de l’homme • Discrimination et égalités • Ethique • Formation • Médiation • Nouvelles technologies • Organisation et fonctionnement des barreaux • Prospective de la profession • Méditerranée 19h00 RÉCEPTION OFFICIELLE D’INAUGURATION. Palais de Pedralbes. Avenue Diagonal, 686, 08034 Barcelone L’organisation a prévu un service de transport. Un autocar partira du Barreau à 18h30. Le Palais Royal de Pedralbes est un bâtiment historique situé dans le quartier des Corts de Barcelone. Entouré d’un vaste jardin, il a été choisi comme siège de l’Union pour la Méditerranée. Actuellement le Palau Reial de Pedralbes est un bâtiment o iciel de la Generalitat de Catalunya pour la célébration des manifestations institutionnelles.

Vendredi, 31 Mai

09h00 OUVERTURE DU CONGRÈS. Grande Salle des Assemblées de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone • Mª Eugènia GAY. Bâtonnier de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone • Michele LUCHERINI. Président de la Fédération des Barreaux d’Europe (FBE) 09h15 Conference d’introduction. Grande Salle des Assemblées de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone La Séparation des Pouvoirs: Aspect Fondamental de l’État de Droit. Programme General 05 Programme General

10h15 Séances de travail. Grande Salle des Assemblées de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone 10h00 DÉBAT Nº 1: LA SÉPARATION RÉELLE COMPARÉE À L’ÉQUILIBRE DES POUVOIRS 11h30 Pause-café 12h00 DÉBAT Nº 2: LE SYSTÈME D’IMMUNITÉ PARLEMENTAIRE DANS LES DIFFÉRENTS ÉTATS 13h30 Déjeuner de travail. Pati de Columnes - Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone 15h00 Séances de travail. Grande Salle des Assemblées de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone 15h00 DÉBAT Nº 3: L’INFLUENCE DES LOBBIES : LE RÔLE DES BARREAUX 16h00 DÉBAT Nº 4: LES TRIBUNAUX FAISEURS DE LOIS 17h45 Clôture du Congrès • Eugeni GAY. Président Fondateur et Premier Président de la Fédération des Barreaux d´Europe (FBE) 20h30 Dîner de Gala Gran Teatre del Liceu (Saló dels Miralls). La Rambla, 51-59, 08002 Barcelone. L'opéra de Barcelone, le Gran Teatre del Liceu, a été fondé sur la Rambla en 1847 et a continué, au l des années, à exercer son rôle en tant que centre culturel et artistique et l'un des symboles de la ville.

Samedi, 1 Juin

10h00 Forum des Bâtonniers. 8ème étage de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone 11h00 Assemblée Générale. 8ème étage de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone 13h30 Déjeuner (avec les accompagnants) Hôtel Condes de Barcelona: Alaire Terrace (à 5 minutes à pied de l’Ordre des Avocats de Barcelone) Passeig de Gràcia, 73, 08008 Barcelone. L’ Hôtel Condes de Barcelona est idéalement situé sur le Passeig de Gràcia, la principale artère commerçante de la ville, au cœur de la Barcelone moderne et en face de La Pedrera de Gaudí. L'hôtel occupe un ancien palais du XIXe siècle - Casa Daurella - qui a été agrandi et rénové selon les normes architecturales les plus ra inées. 06 General Program. Die Gewaltenteilung: Ein Grundsatz eines Rechtsstaates

Donnerstag , 30 Mai

04.00 p.m. GEMEINSAMES TREFFEN PRÄSIDIUM UND PRÄSIDENTEN DER AUSSCHÜSSE. Sitzungssaal 05.00 p.m. TREFFEN DER AUSSCHÜSSE. Säle im Palauet Casades, Barcelona Rechtsanwaltskammer Ausschüsse: • Zugang zum Recht • Schiedsgerichtbarkeit • Berufshapichtverischerungen • Rechtsanwaltskammern Mittel und Osteuropas • Recht ohne Grenzen • Menschenrechte • Förderung und Gleichberechtigung • Ethik • Ausbildung-Fortbildung • Mediation • Neue Technologien • Selbstverwaltung der Rechtsanwaltskammern • Zukun der Rechtsanwälte • Mittelmeer 07.00 p.m. OFFIZIELLER ERÖFFNUNGSEMPFANG. Palast Pedralbes. Avenida Diagonal, 686, 08034 Barcelona Transfer wird organisiert Ein Bus wird um 18 Uhr 30 fahren. Der Königlicher Palast Pedralbes Pedralbes ein historisches Gebäude im Viertel Les Corts in Barcelona, mit einem großen Park, es ist jetzt der Sitz des Verband für das Mittelmeer. Derzeit ist der Palau Reial de Pedralbes ein o izielles Gebäude der Generalitat de Catalunya für institutionelle Veranstaltungen.

Freitag , 31 Mai

09.00 a.m. BEGINN DES KONGRESSES. Konferenzsaal des Barcelona Rechtsanwaltskammers • Mª Eugènia GAY. Präsidentin der Barcelona Anwaltskammer • Michele LUCHERINI. Präsident des Europäischen Anwaltsverbandes (FBE) 09.15 a.m. Erö nung. Konferenzsaal des Barcelona Rechtsanwaltskammers Die Gewaltenteilung: Ein Grundsatz eines Rechtsstaates. General Program 07 General Program

10.00 a.m. Arbeitssitzungen. Konferenzsaal des Barcelona Rechtsanwaltskammers 10.00 a.m. PANEL 1: ECHTE TRENNUNG IM VERGLEICH ZUM GEWALTSAUSGLEICH 11.30 a.m. Ka eepause 12.00 a.m. PANEL 2: DAS SYSTEM DER PARLAMENTARISCHEN IMMUNITÄT IN VERSCHIEDENEN LÄNDERN 01.30 p.m. Arbeitsessen. Säulenhof des Kammers 03.00 p.m. Arbeitssitzungen. Konferenzsaal des Barcelona Rechtsanwaltskammers 03.00 p.m. PANEL 3: EINFLUSS DER LOBBIES: DIE ROLLE DER ANWALTKAMMERN 04.00 p.m. PANEL 4: GERICHTE ALS GESETZGEBER 05.45 p.m. Abschluss des Kongresses • Eugeni GAY. Gründer und erster Präsident des Verbandes Europäischer Rechtsanwaltskammern (FBE) 08.30 p.m. Gala Abendessen Gran Teatre del Liceu (Saló dels Miralls). La Rambla, 51-59, 08002 Barcelona. Die Barcelona Oper, Gran Teatre del Liceu, wurde auf auf der Rambla 1847 gegründet hat über die Jahre ihre Rolle als Kultur- und Kunstzentrum sowie als ein als ein der Symbole der Stadt erfüllt.

Samstag, 1 Juni

10.00 a.m. Forum der Kammerpräsidenten. Barcelona Kammer, 8. Etage 11.00 a.m. Generalversammlung. Barcelona Kammer, 8. Etage 01.30 p.m. Abschiedsessen (gemeinsam mit den Begleitpersonen) Hotel Condes de Barcelona: Alaire Terrace (5 Minuten zu Fuss von der Barcelona Anwaltskammer) Passeig de Gràcia, 73, 08008 Barcelona. Hotel Condes de Barcelona die ideale Lage des Hotels bendet sich auf dem Passeig de Gràcia, die Hauptgeschässtrasse der Stadt, im Zentrum von Barcelona und gegenüber Gaudí’s La Pedrera. Das Hotel bendet sich in einem Palast des 19. Jahrhunderts – Casa Daurella – der erweitert und im höchsten Architekturniveau renoviert wurde. 08 Congresso Generale. La Separazione dei Poteri: aspetto fondamentale dello Stato di Diritto

Giovedì, 30 Maggio

16.00 RIUNIONE DEI PRESIDENTI DELLE COMMISSIONI CON LA PRESIDENZA DELLA FBE. Sala del Consiglio dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona 17.00 RIUNIONI DELLE COMMISSIONI. Aule presso il Palauet Casades, Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona Commissioni: • Accesso alla giustizia • Arbitrato • Assicurazione professionale • Ordine dell'Est Europa • Diritto senza frontiere • Diritti umani • Promozione ed eguaglianza • Etica • Formazione professionale • Mediazione • Nuove tecnologie • Organizzazione e gestione degli Ordini • Futuro della professione • Assise del Mediterraneo 19.00 CERIMONIA DI APERTURA. Pedralbes Palace. Avenida Diagonal, 686, 08034 Barcellona Trasfer a carico dell’organizazione a partire dalle 18.30. Il Palazzo Reale di Pedralbes è un edicio storico situato nel quartiere di Les Corts di Barcellona, circondato da un vasto giardino, è stato selezionato come sede dell'Unione per il Mediterraneo. Attualmente il Palau Reial de Pedralbes è un edicio u iciale del Governo della Generalitat de Catalunya destinato alle celebrazioni di eventi istituzionali.

Venerdì, 31 Maggio

09.00 APERTURA DEL CONGRESSO. Aula dell'Assemblea dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona • Mª Eugènia GAY. Presidente dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona • Michele LUCHERINI. Presidente della Federazione degli Ordine Forensi d’Europa (FBE) 09.15 Inizio del Congresso. Aula dell'Assemblea dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona La Separazione dei Poteri: aspetto fondamentale dello Stato di Diritto. Congresso Generale 09 Programma Generale

10.15 Sedute di Lavoro. Aula dell'assemblea dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona 10.00 PANELLO 1: SEPARAZIONE EFFETTIVA ED EQUILIBRIO DI POTERI 11.30 Pausa Ca è 12.00 PANELLO 2: IL SISTEMA DI IMMUNITÀ PARLAMENTARE NEI VARI STATI 13.30 Pranzo. Pati de Columnes dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona 15.00 Sedute di lavoro. Aula dell'Assemblea dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona 15.00 PANELLO 3: INFLUENZA DEI LOBBIES: IL RUOLO DEGLI ORDINI AVVOCATI 16.00 PANELLO 4: TRIBUNALI COME LEGISLATORI 17.45 Chiusura del Congresso • Eugeni GAY. Presidente Fondatore e Primo Presidente della Federazione degli Ordine Forensi d´Europa (FBE) 20.30 Cena di Gala Gran Teatre del Liceu (Saló dels Miralls). La Rambla, 51-59, 08002 Barcellona. Il teatro lirico di Barcellona, il Gran Teatre del Liceu, fu fondato sulla Rambla nel 1847 e ha continuato negli anni a svolgere il suo ruolo di centro culturale e artistico e uno dei simboli della città.

Sabato, 1 Giugno

10.00 Forum des Bâtonniers. Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona - 8° piano 11.00 Assemblea Generale. Ordine degli Avvocati di Barcellona - 8° piano 13.30 Farewell Lunch (assieme agli accompagnatori) Hotel Condes de Barcelona: Alaire Terrace (5 minuti di passeggio dalla sede dell'Ordine) Passeig de Gràcia, 73, 08008 Barcelone. L’ Hôtel Condes de Barcelona è situato in posizione ideale su Passeig de Gràcia, la principale arteria commerciale della città, nel cuore della Barcellona modernista e di fronte a La Pedrera di Gaudí.

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Jueves, 30 Mayo

16.00 h. REUNIÓN CONJUNTA DE LA PRESIDENCIA Y LOS PRESIDENTES DE COMISIONES. Sala de Juntas del ICAB 17.00 h. REUNIÓN DE LAS COMISIONES. Salas del Palauet Casades del ICAB Comisiones de la FBE: • Acceso a la Justicia • Arbitraje • Seguros Profesionales • Colegios de Abogados del Este • Derecho sin Fronteras • Derechos Humanos • Igualdad • Ética • Formación • Mediación • Nuevas Tecnologías • Organización y Funcionamiento de los Colegios de Abogados • Futuro de la profesión • Mediterránea 19.00 h. RECEPCIÓN DE BIENVENIDA OFICIAL. Palacio de Pedralbes. Avenida Diagonal, 686, 08034 Barcelona Traslado desde el ICAB en bus a las 18:30h. El Palacio Real de Pedralbes es un edicio situado en medio de una amplia zona de jardines, en el Distrito de Les Corts y recientemente escogido sede de la Unión para el Mediterráneo (UPM). Actualmente el Palau Reial de Pedralbes es un edicio ocial de la Generalitat de Catalunya para la celebración de actos institucionales.

Viernes, 31 Mayo

09.00 h. INAUGURACIÓN DEL CONGRESO. Salón de Actos del ICAB • Excma. Sra. Mª Eugènia Gay. Decana del Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Barcelona • Sr. Michele Lucherini. Presidente de la Federación de los Colegios de Abogados de Europa 09.15 h. Conferencia Introductoria. Salón de Actos del ICAB La separación de poderes: un aspecto fundamental en un Estado de Derecho. Congreso General 11 Programa General

10.00 h. Sesiones de Trabajo. Salón de Actos del ICAB 10.00 h. PANEL 1: SEPARACIÓN REAL FRENTE A EQUILIBRIO DE PODERES 11.30 h. Pausa café 12.00 h. PANEL 2: EL SISTEMA DE AFORAMIENTO EN LOS DIFERENTES ESTADOS 13.30 h. Almuerzo de Trabajo. Patio de Columnas del ICAB 15.00 h. Sesiones de Trabajo. Salón de Actos del ICAB 15.00 h. PANEL 3: INFLUENCIA DE LOS LOBBIES: EL ROL DE LOS COLEGIOS DE ABOGADOS 16.30 h. PANEL 4: LOS TRIBUNALES COMO LEGISLADORES 17.45 h. Clausura del Congreso • Excmo. Sr. Eugeni GAY. Presidente Fundador y Primer Presidente de la Federación de los Colegios de Abogados de Europa (FBE) 20.30 h. Cena de Gala Gran Teatre del Liceu (Saló dels Miralls). La Rambla, 51-59, 08002 Barcelona El Gran Teatre del Liceu, fundado en 1847 en la Rambla de Barcelona, es un teatro de ópera que a lo largo de los años ha mantenido su función de centro cultural y artístico. Es uno de los símbolos de la ciudad.

Sábado, 1 Junio

10.00 h. Foro de los Decanos. 8ª planta del ICAB 11.00 h. Asamblea General. 8ª planta del ICAB 13.30 h. Almuerzo de Clausura (junto con los acompañantes) Hotel Condes de Barcelona: Alaire Terrace (A 5 minutos a pie del ICAB) Passeig de Gràcia, 73, 08008 Barcelona. El Hotel Condes de Barcelona está idóneamente ubicado en Passeig de Gràcia, la principal arteria comercial de la ciudad, en el corazón de la Barcelona modernista y frente a La Pedrera de Gaudí. El hotel es un antiguo palacio del siglo XIX, Casa Daurella, que se ha ampliado y renovado siguiendo los más altos estándares arquitectónicos.

Photo: Pedralbes Palace

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Friday, May 31th

09.00 a.m. OPENING OF THE CONGRESS. Assembly Hall of the Barcelona Bar Opening speech by: • Ms. Mª Eugènia GAY. President of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) • Mr. Michele LUCHERINI. President of the European Bars Federation (FBE) 09.15 a.m. Inaugural speech. Assembly Hall of the Barcelona Bar • Dr. Daniel INNERARITY. University of the Basque Country. He is a professor of Political and Social Philosophy, Ikerbasque researcher at the University of the Basque Country and director of the Institute of Democratic Governance. Doctor in Philosophy, he extended his studies to Germany, as a scholarship holder from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Switzerland and Italy. He has been a guest lecturer at several European and American universities, recently at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies at the European Institute of Florence, as well as at the London School of Economics. Currently, he is Associate Director of the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme in Paris. 10.00-11.30 a.m.PANEL 1: REAL SEPARATION IN COMPARISON TO POWER EQUILIBRIUM Analysis of the European Constitutions from the existing socio-political reality. Is real division of powers possible? The division of powers has to adapt to social and political changes that occur within the development of each community. LECTURER: • Dr. Céline ROMAINVILLE. Catholic University of Louvain. Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve and member of the State and Constitution Research Center (C.R.E.C.O.) of the Catholic University of Louvain (U.C.L.). SPEAKERS: • Mr. Erinç SAĞKAN. President of the Ankara Bar Association. • Mr. Jean-Pierre BUYLE. President of the Association of French and German-speaking Bars • Mr. Francisco VELLOZO. President of the Conselho Regional do Porto MODERATOR: • Ms. Victoria ORTEGA. General Council of Spanish Lawyers (CGAE) 11.30 a.m. Co ee Break Scientific Program 15 Scientific Program

12.00-01.30 p.m. PANEL 2: THE SYSTEM OF PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY IN VARIOUS STATES Guarantee of independence or privilege? Do they facilitate the necessary balance of powers or distort it? How do they interfere or help maintain the necessary balance between powers, gures such as open lists, party discipline, immunity, parliamentary inviolability…)? LECTURER: • Dr. Josep Joan MORESO. University Pompeu Fabra. Josep Joan Moreso is Professor of Philosophy of Law at University Pompeu Fabra. Bachelor of Law (Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1983) and Doctor of Law (Autonomous University of Barcelona, 1988), before UPF, he has been a professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the University of Girona. He has mainly worked in Theory of Law, paying special attention to the structure and dynamism of legal systems, applying the contributions of deontic logic. His most recent research is based on the philosophical foundations of the Constitution, which includes a wide range in which several areas coincide, such as: metaethics, philosophy of language, theory of interpretation and argumentation of law, political philosophy and theory of democracy. SPEAKERS: • Mr. José María Alonso. President of the Madrid Bar Association • Mr. Jean-Pierre Gross. Former President of the European Bars Federation (FBE) • Ms. Laura Bruno. President of the Lecce Bar Association MODERATOR: • Ms. Marie-Aimée PEYRON. President of the Paris Bar Association 01.30 p.m. Working lunch. Column Courtyard of the Bar 03.00-04.30 p.m. PANEL 3: INFLUENCE OF LOBBIES: THE ROLE OF BAR ASSOCIATIONS Why should Bar Associations inuence the legislator? What are the benets for society that may result from this lobbying? To which extent should the Bar associations inuence the legislator? Which mechanisms are suitable for this matter? How can we allow a real impact with absolute transparency? LECTURER: • Dr. Rafael RUBIO. Complutense University of Madrid. Dr. Rubio holds a PhD in Constitutional Law (an extraordinary degree) and is the professor and director of the Research Group on Participation and New Technologies (+ DEM) at the Complutense University of Madrid. 16 Scientific Program Scientific Program

SPEAKERS: • Mr. Patrick HENRY. President of the Human Rights Commission of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE). • Ms. Christina BLACKLAWS. President of the Law Society of England and Wales • Dr. Margarete GRÄFIN VON GALEN. Third Vice-President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) MODERATOR: • Ms. Mª Eugènia GAY. President of the Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB) 04.30-05.45p.m. PANEL 4: THE CAPACITY OF TRIBUNALS AS LAWMAKERS Complementing and sometimes replacing the legislator: Are judges the new regulatory authorities? Does the interpretation of rules have limits? The examination of the constitutionality of laws and their adaptation to the changing globalization of social systems. LECTURER: • Dra. Christina ECKES. University of Amsterdam. She is professor of European law at the University of Amsterdam and director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance (ACELG). Her research interests are integration and disintegration dynamics in EU law and the legal limits to European integration. This builds on her research on the internal constitutional consequences of the European Union’s external actions, a comprehensive account of which was published as a monograph entitled “EU Powers under External Pressure – How the EU’s External Actions Alter its Internal Structures”, (Oxford University Press, 2019). SPEAKERS: • Mr. Farid HAMEL. President of the Lyon Bar Association • Mr. José María FERNÁNDEZ. Magistrate in the Section 15 of the Barcelona Provincial Court • Ms. Maria Eugènia ALEGRET. Magistrate of the Civil and Criminal Division of the High Court of Justice of . Vice-president of the Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Catalonia • Dr. Michael GRIEM. President of the Frankfurt am Main Bar Association MODERATOR: • Mr. Manuel CAMAS. Former President of the Malaga Bar Association 05.45p.m. Closing of the Congress. • Eugenio GAY MONTALVO. Founder and First President of the European Bars Federation (FBE)

Photo: Gran Teatre del Liceu 18 Guests Program Guests Program th Friday, May 31 Full Day O shore Excursion: BARCELONA - SITGES – BARCELONA (7 hours approximate duration)

Enjoy a mesmerizing time travel experience which will take you 40 km all the way south from the modern and busy Barcelona to the daily life of the quiet seafront of a former sherman’s village, cradle of the , capital of the Fantastic Cinema, LGBT capital of Europe, the second most expensive real estate in aer San Sebastián, and famous for its carnival parades: Sitges. Join your guide in an urban stroll through the intricate and narrow streets of Sitges Old Quarter and XIXth century enlargement, and discover in amazement the museums of Cau Ferrat & Maricel: Two thousand years of history waiting to quietly unveil its secrets to the careful eye and a truly slow paced discovery experience… Follow your guide through the maze of the Old City, clueing together the vestiges of the long ago built walls which remain as a silent, timeless witness until arriving to the birth of a commercial and modern town that still continues to renovate itself decade aer decade, where you will enjoy a completely new perspective of Barcelona´s surroundings at the end of your tour. The meal will take part in the Vivero Beach Club Restaurant, literally hanging on the cli s above the sea waves, and will include lovely seafood tapas to celebrate the beauty of the site before the aernoon drive back to Barcelona. TOUR INCLUDES: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00a.m. Departure from Bar Association Historical Building to Sitges (Drop o Railway Station) by a Mercedes mini-bus for 25 pax. The guide will conduct a panoramic explanation from the bus while driving in Barcelona and will highlight the interesting spots. 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Walking tour of Sitges Enlargement district Built by the “indianos”, migrants who sailed into America in the 1800 and came back to Sitges carrying big fortunes with them. One of them, Facundo Bacardí, would found the famous Rhum brand. Walking in the Old town, seafront and stop for a co ee/snack in the celebrated “street of the sins”. 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Guided visit of the museums Cau Ferrat & Maricel. The extravagant American millionaire Charles Deering (owner of the tractors brand John Deer) bought some shermen houses and converted them into his palace, today the museum. 2.30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Lunch It will take place at the Vivero Beach Club Restaurant, literally hanging on the cli s, above the sea waves. 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Trip back towards BCN, Bar Association Historical Building. c/ Mallorca, 283

Photo: Sitges Presidency Office Il·lustre Col·legi de l’Advocacia de Barcelona Mallorca, 283 - 08037 Barcelona

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