Rimvydas Norkus, President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, Ivars Bickovics, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia, and Priit Pikamäe, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia
Judge Eerik Kergandberg speaks about the history of Estonian courts
Judge Artūras Pažarskis speaks about the history of Lithuanian courts
Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of Baltic States and their donation to People's Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia
In village “Auci” an oak is planted in honour of Cakste family
A special badge of the conference
Conference of the Supreme Court of Baltic States
June 14, 2018
National Library of Latvia
PARTICIPANTS
AGENDA
11.30 – 11.50 Arrival, morning coffee
11.50 – 12.00 Opening of the Conference
12.00 – 13.15 The story of Latvia. Movie “Senators”
13.15 – 13.45 The story of Lithuania
13.45 – 14.45 Lunch at the restaurant of the library “Kliversala”
14.45 – 15.15 The story of Estonia
15.15 – 15.30 Gift given by the Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of Baltic States to the People’s Bookshelf
PRESENTATIONS
Supreme Court of Latvia: historical facts (in Latvian)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Ivars Bickovics
Supreme Court of Lithuania: centenary of the courts of independent Lithuanian – then and now (in Latvian)
Judge of the Supreme Court of Lithuania Artūras Pažarskis
Supreme Court of Estonia: 25 years of interesting life at the court of highest instance in independent Estonia (in Latvian)
Judge of the Supreme Court of Estonia Eerik Kergandberg
EVENTS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CONFERENCE
Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of Baltic States present books to People’s Bookshelf
By concluding the conference “Development path of Judicial Systems of the Baltic States”, the Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia each presented a book containing a special record to the People’s Bookshelf of the National Library of Latvia.
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An oak planted by the Supreme Courts of the Baltic States flourish in Cakste’s family home
In the centenary of the Baltic States, honoring the first President of Latvia, Janis Cakste, and his family, the judges of the Supreme Courts of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania planted an oak on 15 June in the home village of Cakste family “Auci” in Ozolnieki district.
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MORE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE - "BULLETIN OF THE SUPREME COURT No 17”:
In the centenary year of the Baltic States, the Supreme Courts meet in Latvia, pp. 115 – 123
Presents given by the Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts of the Baltic States to People’s Bookshelf: p. 124.
