LOTF2011 | Joris Demmink | Opening Forum

Joris Demmink Acting Chair of the HiiL Supervisory Board, Secretary-General Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice

Law of the Future Conferences
2007: Further Conceptualisation and Practical Progress on Building Coherent and Effective Rule of Law Programmes and Strategies
2008: The Changing Role of Highest Courts in an Internationalising World
2009: Globalisation, the Nation-State and Private Actors: Rethinking public-private cooperation in shaping law and governance
2011: How will law evolve over the next 20 years?

Law of the Future Signposting the legal space of the future

Rule of law is now shaped in a complex relationship between the national
and the international levels, which can both hold each other hostage and reinforce each other.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation of rule of law

By creating standards to measure what we are actually trying to achieve with rule of law we might
be able to more effectively shape rule of law in a global environment .
HiiL Research | Internationalisation of rule of law

Private regulation should be considered more as a complement, or a pre-stage, of public regulation than an alternative thereto.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and the role of private actors

Highest Courts
Highest national courts should
have more room to apply and interpret international law.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and the role of courts

Based on the EU experience we can say that it takes quite some effort to get national judges to truly work with international law.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and the role of courts

International law should not
take precedence over national
law and its constitutional
limitations of power.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and constitutionality

Norm-setting by public actors outside formal institutions and frameworks is increasing.
What does that mean for rule of law?

Diverging rules, which allow people to make choices between various regimes, may satisfy a greater number of law users

The biggest contribution to enhancing the international criminal justice system lies in better aligning procedural rules at the national and international level.
HiiL Research | Internationalisation and international crime

Government, Business, Civil Society and Academia Exploring and exchanging views on the challenges of the law of the future Law of the Future Forum

Law of the Future Joint Action Programme 2030

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