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Law of the Future 2011 23 & 24 June 2011, Peace Palace, The Hague, The NetherlandsTitle: Opening Law of the FUture Forum 2011By: Joris Demmink www.lawofthefuture.orgTRANSCRIPT
Law of the Future Forum 2011
23 June 2011 / Peace Palace / The Hague
Joris Demmink
Acting Chair of the HiiL Supervisory Board,
Secretary-General Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice
Law of the Future Conferences
• 2007: Further Conceptualisation and Practical Progress on Building Coherent and Effective Rule of Law Programmes and Strategies
• 2008: The Changing Role of Highest Courts in an Internationalising World
• 2009: Globalisation, the Nation-State and Private Actors: Rethinking public-private cooperation in shaping law and governance
• 2011: How will law evolve over the next 20 years?
Law of the FutureSignposting the legal space of the future
Rule of law is now shaped in a complex
relationship between the national
and the international levels, which can
both hold each other hostage and
reinforce each other.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation of rule of law
By creating standards to measure what we are
actually trying to achieve with rule of law we
might
be able to more effectively shape rule of law in
a global environment.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation of rule of law
Private regulation should be considered
more as a complement, or a pre-stage, of
public regulation than an alternative thereto.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and the role of private actors
Highest Courts
Highest national courts should
have more room to apply and interpret
international law.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and the role of courts
Based on the EU experience we can
say that it takes quite some effort to
get national judges to truly work with
international law.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and the role of courts
International law should not
take precedence over national
law and its constitutional
limitations of power.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and constitutionality
Norm-setting by public actors outside formal
institutions and frameworks is increasing.
What does that mean for rule of law?
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and constitutionality
Diverging rules, which allow people to
make choices between various regimes,
may satisfy a greater number of law users
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and constitutionality
The biggest contribution to enhancing the international
criminal justice system lies in better aligning procedural
rules at the national and international level.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and international crime
Government, Business,
Civil Society and Academia
Exploring and exchanging views
on the challenges of the law of the future
Law of the Future Forum
Law of the Future
Joint Action Programme
2030