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The Future of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’ Amid the Rise of the Internet, Fake News, and AI: Challenges for the Constitutional Courts
📅 24.04.2026
Registration of participants & welcome coffee
Official Opening Session / Opening Remarks
● Domnica MANOLE, President of the Constitutional Court
● Maia SANDU, President of the Republic of Moldova
● Claus NEUKIRCH, Council of Europe, Director of Programme Co-ordination
● Timothy OTTY, Vice-President of the Venice Commission
Keynote Speech
Ivana JELIĆ, Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights
The legal challenges of Artificial Intelligence from the perspective of the European Court of Human Rights, expertise and relevant jurisprudence.
Panel I: Reassessing the “Marketplace of Ideas” in the Digital Age
Moderator: Viorica PUICA, Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova
Speaker I – Octavia SPINEANU-MATEI, Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union.“Personal data and private life in a digital world. Recent case law of the CJEU”
Speaker II – Elena-Simina TĂNĂSESCU, President of the Constitutional Court of Romania. “The Marketplace of Ideas” and Digital Constitutionalism.
Speaker III – Viorica PUICA, Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova
Q&A Session
Coffee break
Panel II: Courts Dealing with Platforms, Algorithms, and AI
Moderator: Mariana CHICU, Council of Europe
Speaker I – Juliane KOKOTT, Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union
Speaker II – Timothy OTTY, Vice-President of the Venice Commission
Speaker III - Julia LAFFRANQUE, Justice, Supreme Court of Estonia
Q&A Session
Group photo
Lunch
Panel III: The Future of Constitutional Adjudication in an AI-Driven Public Sphere
Moderator: Mariana CHICU, Council of Europe
Speaker I – Veronika KRŪMIŅA, Judge, Constitutional Court of Latvia
Speaker II – Rui Rodrigo FIRMINO GUERRA DA FONSECA, Justice, Constitutional Court of Portugal
Speaker III - Marjana SEMINI, Judge, Constitutional Court of Albania. “The limits on the use of artificial intelligence in constitutional adjudication, civil and criminal liability in cases primarily involving violations of human dignity”
Q&A Session
Conclusions. Closing of the Conference
Speakers
Domnica MANOLE
President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova
Maia SANDU
President of the Republic of Moldova
Claus NEUKIRCH
Director of Programme Co-ordination, Council of Europe
Ivana JELIĆ
Vice-President of the European Court of Human Rights
Timothy OTTY
Vice-President of the Venice Commission
Octavia SPINEANU–MATEI
Judge, Court of Justice of the European Union
Elena-Simina TĂNĂSESCU
President of the Constitutional Court of Romania
Viorica PUICA
Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Moldova
Juliane KOKOTT
Advocate General, Court of Justice of the European Union
Julia LAFFRANQUE
Justice, Supreme Court of Estonia
Veronika KRŪMIŅA
Judge, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia
Mariana CHICU
Head of Unit, Co-operation Programmes Division, Directorate General Human Rights and Rule of Law, Council of Europe
Rui Rodrigo FIRMINO GUERRA DA FONSECA
Justice, Constitutional Court of Portugal
Marjana SEMINI
Judge, Constitutional Court of Albania
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