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On 4 March 2020, Professor Sciarra, judge at the Italian Constitutional Court since 2014 and first woman elected by the Italian Parliament to this institution, presented on “Constitutional Courts and Austerity Measures”. By analyzing recent Italian constitutional case law dealing with the consequences of austerity, she addressed the limits and potential of how constitutional courts protect social rights and rights of workers.

On 14 February 2020, Associate Professor Mathias Möschel presented on "The EU's Actions in Combating Violence Against Women", at a conference at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (France), entitled Women's Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century: Developments and Challenges under International and European Law.  For more information contact Mathias Möschel at