Opening session: Separation of Powers in the Rule of Law and the Reform of the Criminal Procedure Code

On April 22nd, at 10 am, the opening session of the postgraduate course “The separation of powers in the democratic rule of law and the reform of the Criminal Procedure” took place at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Lecturers  of the session open to the public were:

• Maria Fernanda Palma (President of the IDPCC) – Presentation
• Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro (President of the Portuguese Bar Association) – Lawyers and the reform of the Criminal Procedure
• José João Abrantes (President of the Constitutional Court) – The role of the Constitutional Court in the reform of the Criminal Procedure
• António Brito Neves (IDPCC) – Constitutional jurisprudence and the Criminal Procedure
• Rui Pereira (University Professor and Former Judge of the Constitutional Court) – Constitutional history and reform