Judge Michal Novotný participated in Brussels at the final conference of a project that has long supported judicial education

FRICoRE (Fundamental Rights In Courts and Regulation) is a three-year judicial training project funded by the European Union’s Justice Programme (2021-2027). FRICoRE also aims to promote judicial cooperation, for example by providing training for judges and other members of the legal profession.

In Brussels, Judge Michal Novotný attended the project’s final conference, where judges from European and national courts, academics and other legal professionals from the partner institutions involved in the project discussed its key themes. During the two-day meeting, discussants emphasised the themes of effective protection of fundamental rights and judicial dialogue as a way of building a European legal culture based on fundamental rights. They also reflected on the role of judges in applying the principles of proportionality and the dissuasive effect of sanctions or remedies against infringements of rights guaranteed by EU law.

Judge Novotný gave a short paper on the contribution of Professor Charlotte Pavillon from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) on the cross-sectoral perspective on these sanctions and remedies.