Jean Monnet Conference 2023

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

“DEMOCRACY, RULE OF LAW AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION”

Dedicated to the 30th anniversary of legal education in Batumi

BATUMI SHOTA RUSTAVELI STATE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

The Jean Monnet International Conference “Democracy, Rule of Law, and Protection of Human Rights in the European Union” was held on September 29-30, 2023, in Batumi, Georgia. The conference wa organized within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair project (Jean Monnet Chair Professor Malkhaz Nakashidze) “Fundamental Values of the European Union: Democracy, Rule of Law and Protection of Human Rights” funded by the European Union and aims to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies.

The conference is a summary of the activities carried out within the framework of the Jean Monnet Chair at Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University in 2020-2023, and its goal is to share experience, promote young scholars, internationalization of the university and development of the European studies. About 100 Georgian and foreign professors, PhD students, other students, representatives of Jean Monnet chairs, modules, leading Jean Monnet Centres of Excellence from 14 countries of the world (Georgia, Germany, Romania, Hungary, China, Great Britain, Poland, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Croatia, Moldova, Turkey, Israel, Pakistan) participate in the event. Within the framework of the conference, a plenary session with the participation of Georgian and foreign experts and 9 panel sessions/discussions about the European Union and related topics were held. 

Jean Monnet Chair ”The European Union’s fundamental values: Democracy, Rule of Law and Protection of Human Rights” is funded by European Commission in the framework of Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union. Jean Monnet Activities are designed to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies.