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A role of “constitutionalism” in the recent constitutional debates on Article 9 (the “pacifism” clause) in Japan
The challenges and opportunities China presents for the evolution of Global Constitutionalism
The presentation put things in a global perspective, discussing in particular the significance of the rise of China.
Cosmopolitanizing engagement of the South Korean Constitutional Court
Rights practices in South Korea are cosmopolitanizing and have rich implications for the future of Global Constitutionalism, for its further development as a truly global project. Not having a regional human rights system, but with active participation by global-minded rights-holders, the South Korean Constitutional Court serves as a venue where international human rights law interacts with constitutional law in dynamic ways. The
last few years observed the Korean Court playing a leadership role in regional constitutionalist projects of promoting human rights and democracy, which reflects the Court’s evolving transnational self-identity. Asian and national tradition and culture continue to be challenged through constitutional rights review processes, accommodating both the locality of contexts and the universality of rights norms. The recent development in South Korea exemplifies a practice of bottom-up and locally grown Global Constitutionalism emerging outside the West.
The future of constitutionalism in Hungary and Poland
After two decades of democratic consolidation, two member states of the European Union, Hungary and Poland are now in the process of authoritarian backsliding. The presentation will describe the current state of affairs (from the lack of persistent and long term mobilisation on behalf of constitutionalism to the governmental attacks on the internal and external checks, e.g. the European Union and ECHR) and address the possible scenarios of returning to constitutional democracy in the region.