Conference 'A Changing Europe in a Changing World'
On 13 and 14 September 2024, the annual meeting of the European Group of Public Law (EGPL) took place in Legrena, Greece.
The theme of this year's conference was ‘A Changing Europe in a Changing World’. Particular attention was paid to the rule of law which is currently under pressure in certain countries.
During the conference Annemarie Drahmann, Associate Professor at the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law, spoke on the importance of access to government information for democratic states under the rule of law. In her presentation, she raised the interesting proposition of whether the time has come for a European directive to be adopted to secure the right to public sector information. This led to a lively discussion among the scholars who had come to the conference from all over Europe.
The EGPL is part of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO). EPLO is an international organisation dedicated to the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the area of public law, including national, comparative and European public law, human rights law and environmental law.
Scholars, judges and lawyers from many European countries gathered at the EGPL conference. Besides Annemarie Drahmann, PhD candidate Demy Jongkind, from the same department at Leiden Law School, was also present.
