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New publication on secured transactions law by Professor Tibor Tajti

October 14, 2024

The new article of Professor Tajti devoted to the myriad issues related to secured transactions law reforms ongoing during the last decade in Africa and Central Asia, from Nigeria, Ethiopia to Caucasian Georgia. Relying on the related experiences, successes and failures, from the 1990s reforms in Central and Eastern Europe's post socialist countries, as well as teaching Comparative Secured Transactions Law for more than twenty years at CEU, the paper is also a reflection on what has been achieved and learned so far in this domain.

Prof. Karin Lukas's Presentation on the Right to Health in Yerevan

October 1, 2024
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On September 27th 2024, the Council of Europe hosted a workshop in Yerevan, Armenia, to support the Armenian authorities on the ratification of the right to health under the European Social Charter. Karin Lukas presented the main features of the right to health, and the benefits for Armenia should it decide to ratify Article 11 of the European Social Charter.

Austria’s Ars Docendi State Prize for Excellent Teaching Shortlists CEU Professors Andrea Krizsan and Mathias Moschel

September 12, 2024
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During a September 10 ceremony at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBWF) announced the 2024 Ars Docendi State Prize for excellent teaching, which shortlisted two CEU professors as honorees in the category of social and sustainability-oriented teaching.  

Prof. Böckenförde participates in a seminar on 'Proactive Constitutional Review Processes

July 16, 2024
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On Thursday 11 July 2024, Markus Böckenförde participated in a seminar on 'Proactive Constitutional Review Processes', which was jointly organised by International IDEA and the Polish Ministry of Justice. In a discussion that included the Polish Minister of Justice, Adam Bodnar, the President of the Board of the Helsinki Foundation, Maciej Nowicki, and Tom Ginsburg (University of Chicago), Mr. Böckenförde examined the potential for learning from recent experiences in designing legal and constitutional frameworks for democracy that are more resilient to backsliding.