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09.30 – Opening and Panel 1
Opening Esther Lynch (ETUC, General Secretary, Brussels)
09:45 – Panel 1: International labour law – Relevance of ILO Convention No. 87 for the right to strike, in particular: proceedings for an Advisory Opinion of the ICJ, national level and supply chains
Moderation: Dimitrios Vassiliou (Lawyer, Athens)
- Background to the dispute and the current status of the proceedings
Jeffrey Vogt (ILAW Director, Washington DC) - Freedom of Association and the Right to Strike
Lord John Hendy KC (Barrister and honorary professor, London)- Supply chain strikes
Dr. Reingard Zimmer (Professor, Berlin) – > download the presentation
- Supply chain strikes
11.15 – Panel 2: European Labour Law – Using and defending the right to strike
Moderation: Dr. Ernesto Klengel, (HSI, Scientific Director, Frankfurt)
- Experience with right to strike litigation before the ECtHR and CJEU
Rudolf Buschmann (Trade union lawyer and lecturer, DGB, Kassel) –
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- Experiences with right to strike litigation before the European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR)
Klaus Lörcher (Trade union lawyer, Frankfurt) - Defending the right to strike in the EU
Isabelle Schömann (ETUC, Deputy General Secretary, Brussels) tbc
13.45 – Panel 3: Successful legal counterstrategies against restrictions and criminalisation of the right to strike in different European countries
Moderation: Tamar Gabisonia (European Coordinator ILAW, Tbilisi)
- How to use strategic litigation to protect / defend the right to strike
Dr. Jan Buelens (Lawyer and Professor, Antwerp) - Striking under the sword of Damocles with the threat of liability
Dr. Rüdiger Helm (Lawyer, Munich) - Right to strike in public interest services
Dr. Giovanni Orlandini (Professor, Siena) – > download the presentation
15.15 – Panel 4: Right to Strike – New challenges and possible [legal] reactions at national level
Moderation: Thomas Schmidt (Trade union lawyer and ELDH Co-Secretary General, member of the VDJ Advisory Council)
- Overcoming restrictions on the right to strike in Ireland
Declan Owens, (Lawyer, Ireland) - Political strike in Germany – legal situation and recent climate protests
Dr. Theresa Tschenker (Lawyer, Berlin) - Successful cases in Spain
Armando García López (Lawyer, CCOO, Madrid) – > download the presentation