Delegation from the Supreme Court and the Council of State of the Kingdom of the Netherlands visits the Federal Constitutional Court

Press Release No. 28/2024 of 12 March 2024

A delegation from the Supreme Court and the Council of State of the Kingdom of the Netherlands including the President of the Supreme Court, Prof. Dr. Dineke de Groot, and the Presiding Justice of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State, Rosa Uylenburg, visited the Federal Constitutional Court on 10 and 11 March 2024. The guests were received by President Prof. Dr. Stephan Harbarth, Vice-President Prof. Dr. Doris König and other members of the Federal Constitutional Court. The topics discussed in the working sessions included the competences of the three Courts and systems of constitutional review in the Netherlands and Germany, therelationship between domestic fundamental rights and the European Convention on Human Rights/the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and current challenges for constitutional justice.

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Front row (from left to right):
Vice-President Prof. Dr. Doris König, President of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Prof. Dr. Dineke de Groot, President Prof. Dr. Stephan Harbarth, LL.M. (Yale), Presiding Judge of the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Rosa Uylenburg

Back row (from left to right):
Justice Prof. Dr. Heinrich Amadeus Wolff, Vice-President of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Prof. Dr. Martijn Polak, Justice Dr. Miriam Meßling, Adviser on constitutional and administrative law of the Council of State of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Dr. Paul van Sasse van IJsselt, Justice Prof. Dr. Martin Eifert, LL.M. (Berkeley)