Lecture series as part of the public outreach activities of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine
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- Published: March 19, 2026
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine organises regular online events on issues of constitutional jurisdiction, aimed not only at specialists but also at the general public. The format of these events was developed by Ukrainian Constitutional Court judge Halyna Yurovska and is implemented in cooperation with the National School of Judges of Ukraine. IRZ participates regularly and sends a speaker, whose presentations are subsequently published on the Constitutional Court’s website in Ukrainian .
The series kicked off on 26 February 2026 with a lecture by the President of the Constitutional Court and the Higher Administrative Court of Rhineland-Palatinate, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Lars Brocker, on the topic of ‘The Alliance between the Constitutional Court and Administrative Jurisdiction’. The focus was on the question of when a public-law dispute is of a constitutional nature and when it belongs before the administrative courts. Using recent decisions, he explained the demarcation of competences.
On 12 March 2026, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Susanne Baer, Professor at Humboldt University of Berlin and former Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court, addressed the question “How do we protect democracy?”. Drawing on the practice of the Federal Constitutional Court, she examined how judicial decisions can help to promote social consensus, for example in areas such as climate protection or freedom of expression.
On 9 April 2026, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Brocker will continue the series with a second lecture (Protection of Fundamental Rights through the Increasing Constitutionalisation of Administrative Law), and the series will conclude on 7 May 2026 with a lecture by former Federal Constitutional Court judge Prof. Dr. Udo Steiner on the topic “Sports Law and Constitutional Law”.
The lecture series forms part of the long-standing professional exchange with the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, a key partner institution of IRZ, and serves to strengthen the rule of law and to communicate the fundamentals of constitutional law to the public.