{"id":66,"date":"2020-05-07T09:34:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T09:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/?page_id=66"},"modified":"2021-03-23T11:33:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T11:33:32","slug":"rolmm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/rolmm\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rule of Law Monitoring <span>Mechanism<\/span>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container-fluid \">\n<div class=\"ddl-full-width-row row ddl-frontend-editor-row ddl-frontend-editor-editable\" data-id=\"293\" data-name=\"Row 3\" data-type=\"row\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 ddl-frontend-editor-cell ddl-frontend-editor-editable js-ddl-frontend-editor-cell\" data-id=\"357\" data-name=\"Tabs 2\" data-type=\"tabs-cell\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Tabs\">\n<ul id=\"nav-tab-5ebce9cb689e5\" class=\"nav nav-pills nav-stacked\" role=\"navigation\">\n<li class=\" active \" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link \" role=\"pill\" href=\"#ddl-tab_361_5ebce9cb68a48\" aria-controls=\"ddl-tab_361_5ebce9cb68a48\" data-toggle=\"pill\">What is RoLMM<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" \" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link \" role=\"pill\" href=\"#ddl-tab_495_5ebce9cb68af4\" aria-controls=\"ddl-tab_495_5ebce9cb68af4\" data-toggle=\"pill\">The geographical and thematic coverage of RoLMM<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" \" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link \" role=\"pill\" href=\"#ddl-tab_436_5ebce9cb68b76\" aria-controls=\"ddl-tab_436_5ebce9cb68b76\" data-toggle=\"pill\">The rule of law: four premises<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" \" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link \" role=\"pill\" href=\"#ddl-tab_521_5ebce9cb68be0\" aria-controls=\"ddl-tab_521_5ebce9cb68be0\" data-toggle=\"pill\">Guidelines aimed at potential authors of articles and other contributions<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" \" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link \" role=\"pill\" href=\"#ddl-tab_656_5ebce9cb68c47\" aria-controls=\"ddl-tab_656_5ebce9cb68c47\" data-toggle=\"pill\">Videos<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" \" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link \" role=\"pill\" href=\"#ddl-tab_423_5ebce9cb68caa\" aria-controls=\"ddl-tab_423_5ebce9cb68caa\" data-toggle=\"pill\">Blog<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" \" role=\"presentation\"><a class=\"tab-link \" role=\"pill\" href=\"#ddl-tab_432_5ebce9cb68d0d\" aria-controls=\"ddl-tab_432_5ebce9cb68d0d\" data-toggle=\"pill\">Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"tab-content ddl-tab-content\">\n<div id=\"ddl-tab_361_5ebce9cb68a48\" class=\"tab-pane ddl-frontend-editor-row ddl-frontend-editor-editable fade in\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-id=\"361\" data-name=\"What is RoLMM\" data-type=\"row\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Tab\">\n<div class=\"row \">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 ddl-frontend-editor-cell ddl-frontend-editor-editable js-ddl-frontend-editor-cell\" data-id=\"s359\" data-name=\"Visual Editor 2\" data-type=\"cell-text\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Cell\">\n<h4>What is RoLMM<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>By Prof. St\u00e9phanie Laulh\u00e9 Shaelou and Dr. Klearchos A. Kyriakides<a id=\"link1\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a><\/strong> <strong>A new initiative of the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus 9 April 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The Rule of Law Monitoring Mechanism (RoLMM) is a new inter-disciplinary initiative of the School of Law of the Cyprus Campus of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan Cyprus).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The formation of RoLMM has been prompted by the global spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) and the decision of the World Health Organization, on 11 March 2020, to declare the existence of a pandemic. Its formation has also been motivated by a growing concern for \u2013 and determination to protect \u2013 the rule of law, the proper administration of justice, human dignity and fundamental freedoms as well as rights including the right to life and socio-economic rights. These and so many other characteristics of a democratic society that are at risk of being adversely affected amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic or any other crisis of comparable magnitude.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">RoLMM has not emerged from a vacuum. It is founded on the expertise of the academics of the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus, their long-standing knowledge transfer activities and their past or ongoing research projects relating to the rule of law or crises of one sort or another. See for example<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/roundtable-of-experts-promoting-and-protecting-socio-economic-rights-in-times-of-crisis-in-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2018 Roundtable of Experts, Promoting and Protecting Socio-Economic Rights in Times of Crisis in Europe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/second-roundable-of-experts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2019 Roundtable of Experts, Rule of Law backsliding in the EU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/public-lecture-and-visit-to-uclan-cyprus-by-professor-koen-lenaerts-president-of-the-court-of-justice-of-the-eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Lecture on the EU Charter and Round Table on the protection of personal data by Professor Koen Lenaerts on the occasion of his official visit as President of the Court of Justice of the European Union to Cyprus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/research\/jean-monnet-module\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EU externally funded project (2014-17), \u2018The Law of Financial and Economic Governance in the EU\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/eu-pop-2019-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EU externally funded project (2019-22), \u2018EU Law and Governance in Populist Times\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In the light of the above, the primary purposes of RoLMM are to ask questions, to raise concerns, to highlight issues and to strive to hold public authorities as well as other decision makers to account. To these ends,\u00a0<strong>RoLMM offers a peer-reviewed online platform, which is open to academics, law students, members of the legal profession, other professionals, law enforcement officers, other public servants and all other persons who care about the rule of law.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The platform will initially operate at the existing open access Law Blog of UCLan Cyprus at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/<\/a>.\u00a0 It will simultaneously be relayed via publicly available platforms, websites and\/or other specialised social media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Notwithstanding its academic home within the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus,\u00a0<strong>RoLMM consciously seeks to adopt an inter-disciplinary approach.\u00a0 In relation to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, such an inter-disciplinary approach is important in various fields.<\/strong>\u00a0 The most obvious example is medical law and ethics.\u00a0 However, other examples include business law and ethics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With the aim of fulfilling its Mission,\u00a0<strong>RoLMM will commission and publish peer-reviewed blog pieces.\u00a0 In addition, from time to time, RoLMM will organise online Socratic dialogues, conversations, webinars and other events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>RoLMM intends to operate on a long-term basis and, thus, beyond the period of current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is because an array of ongoing as well as emerging threats are endangering the characteristics of a democratic society, including the rule of law, the proper administration of justice, human dignity and fundamental freedoms as well as rights, including the right to life and socio-economic rights.\u00a0<strong>These threats need to be monitored, critically analysed or otherwise addressed both during and beyond the current pandemic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">RoLMM acknowledges that it has drawn inspiration from the analyses of the rule of law provided by the late Lord Bingham of Cornhill,<a id=\"link2\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn1\">[2]<\/a>\u00a0by the pioneering work undertaken by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law in London<a id=\"link3\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn2\">[3]<\/a>\u00a0and by the emphasis given by both the European Union Framework<a id=\"link4\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn3\">[4]<\/a>\u00a0and the Council of Europe to \u2018monitoring mechanisms\u2019.<a id=\"link5\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn4\">[5]<\/a>\u00a0<strong>RoLMM is likewise mindful of the specific COVID-19 responses, in the field of the rule of law, at the national<a id=\"link6\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn5\">[6]<\/a>\u00a0and supranational levels.<\/strong><a id=\"link7\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn6\">[7]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">For the avoidance of any doubt, the remit of RoLMM does not extend to the giving of legal advice or to the provision of any other forms of advice.\u00a0 Equally, RoLMM will not serve as a vehicle to provide publicity, advertising or political endorsements.\u00a0 It is \u2013 and will remain \u2013 an academic and, thus, non-party-political platform.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>For more information on the RoLMM please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ruleoflawmonitoringmechanism.eu\/\">https:\/\/ruleoflawmonitoringmechanism.eu\/<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link1\">[1]<\/a>\u00a0Respectively Professor of European Law and Reform and Head, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/academic\/dr-laulhe-shaelou-stephanie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/academic\/dr-laulhe-shaelou-stephanie\/<\/a>); and Assistant Professor of English Law, Constitutional History and Professional Skills and Deputy Head, School of Law, UCLan Cyprus (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/academic\/dr-klearchos-kyriakides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/academic\/dr-klearchos-kyriakides\/<\/a>). <a id=\"_ftn1\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link2\">[2]<\/a>\u00a0See, in particular, the Rt. Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG, \u2018The Rule of Law\u2019, transcript of a lecture delivered in honour of Sir David Williams at the Centre for Public Law of the University of Cambridge on 16 November 2006, website of the Centre for Public Law,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures2006-rule-law\/rule-law-text-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures2006-rule-law\/rule-law-text-transcript<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures\/rt-hon-lord-bingham-cornhill-kg-rule-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures\/rt-hon-lord-bingham-cornhill-kg-rule-law<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 3 April 2020). Lord Bingham, \u2018The Rule of Law\u2019 (2007) 66(1)\u00a0<em>Cambridge Law Journal<\/em>, 67-85 and Tom Bingham,\u00a0<em>The Rule of Law<\/em>\u00a0(London, Allen Lane, Penguin Press, London, 2010). <a id=\"_ftn2\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link3\">[3]<\/a>\u00a0The website of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law is at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/binghamcentre.biicl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/binghamcentre.biicl.org\/<\/a> <a id=\"_ftn3\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link4\">[4]<\/a>\u00a0Rule of Law Framework, website of the European Commission,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/policies\/justice-and-fundamental-rights\/upholding-rule-law\/rule-law\/rule-law-framework_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/policies\/justice-and-fundamental-rights\/upholding-rule-law\/rule-law\/rule-law-framework_en<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 3 April 2020). <a id=\"_ftn4\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link5\">[5]<\/a>\u00a0\u2018Monitoring mechanisms\u2019, website of the Council of Europe,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coe.int\/en\/web\/human-rights-rule-of-law\/monitoring-mechanism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.coe.int\/en\/web\/human-rights-rule-of-law\/monitoring-mechanism<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 3 April 2020). <a id=\"_ftn5\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link6\">[6]<\/a>\u00a0Statement by Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden on Emergency Measures,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.government.nl\/documents\/diplomatic-statements\/2020\/04\/01\/statement-by-belgium-denmark-finland-france-germany-greece-ireland-italy-luxembourg-the-netherlands-portugal-spain-sweden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.government.nl\/documents\/diplomatic-statements\/2020\/04\/01\/statement-by-belgium-denmark-finland-france-germany-greece-ireland-italy-luxembourg-the-netherlands-portugal-spain-sweden<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 3 April 2020). <a id=\"_ftn6\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link7\">[7]<\/a>\u00a0European Commission Coronavirus response\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/live-work-travel-eu\/health\/coronavirus-response_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/live-work-travel-eu\/health\/coronavirus-response_en<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/live-work-travel-eu\/health\/coronavirus-response\/european-commissions-action-coronavirus_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/info\/live-work-travel-eu\/health\/coronavirus-response\/european-commissions-action-coronavirus_en<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 3 April 2020); see also Statement by President von der Leyen on emergency measures in Member States, Brussels, 31 March 2020. <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ddl-tab_495_5ebce9cb68af4\" class=\"tab-pane ddl-frontend-editor-row ddl-frontend-editor-editable fade\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-id=\"495\" data-name=\"The geographical and thematic coverage of RoLMM\" data-type=\"row\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Tab\">\n<div class=\"row \">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 ddl-frontend-editor-cell ddl-frontend-editor-editable js-ddl-frontend-editor-cell\" data-id=\"s493\" data-name=\"Visual Editor 3\" data-type=\"cell-text\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Cell\">\n<h4>The geographical and thematic coverage of RoLMM<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">With regard to its geographical coverage, RoLMM is primarily concerned with upholding the rule of law in the Republic of Cyprus.\u00a0 However, in view of the geopolitical location of this sovereign state at the inter-section of the United Nations, the Commonwealth, the Council of Europe and the European Union, coupled with the background of UCLan Cyprus, RoLMM cannot overlook the impact of developments elsewhere in the European Union, in the United Kingdom or in the wider world.\u00a0 Indeed, bearing in mind the global reach of certain crises, such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, RoLMM is determined to avoid adopting an insular outlook.<\/p>\n<p> As for its thematic coverage, RoLMM revolves around the operation of the rule of law in the Republic of Cyprus, particularly on the eve, in the midst or in the aftermath of any grave crisis, including the pandemic.\u00a0 In this context and given its pre-occupation with time of crisis, RoLMM seeks to explore each of the six fundamental questions articulated below. <strong>Question 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Is the rule of law safe or unsafe? <strong>Question 2:<\/strong>\u00a0To what extent are public bodies, private bodies and individual people upholding or undermining the rule of law? <strong>Question 3:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the proper role of judges, lawyers, legal academics and law students?\u00a0 What is the proper function of each in a democratic society, particularly one that is in the midst of a crisis? In this context, how can citizens be further empowered, particularly in times of crisis, to ensure the sustainability of rights? <strong>Question 4:<\/strong>\u00a0How may lawyers fulfil their ethical, professional, legal and other duties, while simultaneously protecting their physical health, mental health and overall wellbeing? <strong>Question 5:<\/strong>\u00a0How, when and by which means may justice be delivered in response of any injustices allegedly caused by or during a crisis? <strong>Question 6:<\/strong>\u00a0Can any salient lessons be drawn from the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and any other past or ongoing crises? <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ddl-tab_436_5ebce9cb68b76\" class=\"tab-pane ddl-frontend-editor-row ddl-frontend-editor-editable fade\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-id=\"436\" data-name=\"The rule of law: four premises\" data-type=\"row\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Tab\">\n<div class=\"row \">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 ddl-frontend-editor-cell ddl-frontend-editor-editable js-ddl-frontend-editor-cell\" data-id=\"s434\" data-name=\"Visual Editor\" data-type=\"cell-text\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Cell\">\n<h4>The rule of law: four premises<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A word or two is needed on the rule of law, the concept at the heart of RoLMM.\u00a0 The rule of law is, of course, open to interpretation and, indeed, criticism.\u00a0 That being said, for the sake of coherence and simplicity, RoLMM rests on four intellectual premises.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The first premise is that \u2018the core\u2019 of the rule of law is the one defined by the late Lord Bingham of Cornhill, during his tenure as Senior Law Lord, in his celebrated lecture entitled \u2018The Rule of Law\u2019, as delivered on 16 November 2006. According to the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission), an organ of the Council of Europe, the definition provided by Lord Bingham \u2018[p]erhaps \u2026 covers most appropriately the essential elements of the rule of law.\u2019<a id=\"link8\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn7\">[8]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">How, then, did Lord Bingham define the rule of law?\u00a0 In his considered view, its \u2018core\u2019 is that \u2018all persons and authorities within the state, whether public or private, should be bound by and entitled to the benefit of laws publicly and prospectively promulgated and publicly administered in the courts.\u2019<a id=\"link9\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn8\">[9]<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The second premise is that Lord Bingham was right to suggest that the rule of law \u2018may be conveniently broken down into a series of sub-rules\u2019. He articulated eight such \u2018sub-rules\u2019. These were helpfully summarised as follows on 9 September 2013 by Dominic Grieve QC MP, the then Attorney General of England and Wales:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: left;\" type=\"1\">\n<li>The law must be accessible, intelligible, clear and predictable.<\/li>\n<li>Questions of legal right and liability should ordinarily be resolved by the exercise of the law and not the exercise of discretion.<\/li>\n<li>Laws should apply equally to all.<\/li>\n<li>Ministers and public officials must exercise the powers conferred in good faith, fairly, for the purposes for which they were conferred \u2013 reasonably and without exceeding the limits of such powers.<\/li>\n<li>The law must afford adequate protection of fundamental Human Rights.<\/li>\n<li>The state must provide a way of resolving disputes which the parties cannot themselves resolve.<\/li>\n<li>The adjudicative procedures provided by the state should be fair.<\/li>\n<li>The rule of law requires compliance by the state with its obligations in international as well as national laws.<a id=\"link10\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn9\">[10]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The third premise is that in a democratic sovereign state, particularly one that belongs to the European Union and is subject to a codified \u2018written constitution\u2019, such as the Republic of Cyprus, the eight \u2018sub-rules\u2019 identified by Lord Bingham are supplemented by various other concepts.\u00a0 These include constitutionalism, proportionality, good governance, transparency and, of course, democracy.\u00a0 Each of these concepts is implicit in the list provided above, but none is expressly spelt out therein.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The fourth premise is that the rule of law lies at the core of four of the key supranational organisations to which Republic of Cyprus belongs: the United Nations; the Commonwealth; the Council of Europe; and the European Union.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Even though the rule of law is not expressly mentioned in the United Nations Charter of 1945,<a id=\"link11\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn10\">[11]<\/a>\u00a0the concept has long been championed by the United Nations \u2013 on paper if not always in practice.<a id=\"link12\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn11\">[12]<\/a>\u00a0 Furthermore, the rule of law is expressly mentioned by the Preamble to the European Convention on Human Rights of 1950<a id=\"link13\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn12\">[13]<\/a>\u00a0and by the Preambles as well as by the main bodies of the Commonwealth Charter of 2013<a id=\"link14\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn13\">[14]<\/a>\u00a0and the Treaty on European Union.<a id=\"link15\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#_ftn14\">[15]<\/a>\u00a0 Indeed, under Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, the Republic of Cyprus and its fellow members of the European Union affirm that:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the<\/em>\u00a0<em>rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men prevail.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p> <a id=\"_ftn7\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link8\">[8]<\/a>\u00a0<em>Report on the Rule of Law adopted by the Venice Commission at its 86th plenary session<\/em>\u00a0(Venice Commission, Venice, 25-26 March 2011), paragraph 36, website of the Venice Commission,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.venice.coe.int\/webforms\/documents\/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2011)003rev-e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.venice.coe.int\/webforms\/documents\/default.aspx?pdffile=CDL-AD(2011)003rev-e<\/a> <a id=\"_ftn8\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link9\">[9]<\/a>\u00a0The Rt. Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG, \u2018The Rule of Law\u2019, transcript of a lecture delivered in honour of Sir David Williams at the Centre for Public Law of the University of Cambridge on 16 November 2006, website of the Centre for Public Law,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures2006-rule-law\/rule-law-text-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures2006-rule-law\/rule-law-text-transcript<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures\/rt-hon-lord-bingham-cornhill-kg-rule-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk\/sir-david-williams-lectures\/rt-hon-lord-bingham-cornhill-kg-rule-law<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 3 April 2020). <a id=\"_ftn9\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link10\">[10]<\/a>\u00a0The Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP, HM Attorney General, \u2018The rule of law and the prosecutor\u2019, transcript of a lecture delivered on 9 September 2013, website of the Attorney General\u2019s Office,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/the-rule-of-law-and-the-prosecutor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.gov.uk\/government\/speeches\/the-rule-of-law-and-the-prosecutor<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 3 April 2020). <a id=\"_ftn10\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link11\">[11]<\/a>\u00a0Charter of the United Nations of 1945, website of the United Nations,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/sections\/un-charter\/un-charter-full-text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.un.org\/en\/sections\/un-charter\/un-charter-full-text\/<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 8 April 2020). <a id=\"_ftn11\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link12\">[12]<\/a>\u00a0See, for instance,\u00a0<em>Report of the Secretary-General on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict societies<\/em>\u00a0(UN Security Council Document S\/<em>2004<\/em>\/616, 23 August 2004, website of the UN,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=S\/2004\/616\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.un.org\/en\/ga\/search\/view_doc.asp?symbol=S\/2004\/616<\/a>\u00a0and \u2018United Nations and the Rule of Law\u2019, United Nations website,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/un-and-the-rule-of-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.un.org\/ruleoflaw\/un-and-the-rule-of-law\/<\/a>\u00a0(accessed on 8 April 2020). <a id=\"_ftn12\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link13\">[13]<\/a>\u00a0<em>Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Rome, 4.XI.1950 as amended by Protocols Nos. 11 and 14 supplemented by Protocols Nos. 1, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 16<\/em>, website of the Council of Europe,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.echr.coe.int\/Documents\/Convention_ENG.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.echr.coe.int\/Documents\/Convention_ENG.pdf<\/a> <a id=\"_ftn13\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link14\">[14]<\/a>\u00a0<em>The Commonwealth Charter Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by Command of Her Majesty<\/em>, March 2013, Cm 8572, website of the Government of the United Kingdom,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/136337\/Cm_8572.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/136337\/Cm_8572.pdf<\/a> <a id=\"_ftn14\" href=\"http:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/#link15\">[15]<\/a>\u00a0<em>Consolidated version of the Treaty on European Union<\/em>, website of the European Union,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A12012M%2FTXT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/TXT\/?uri=CELEX%3A12012M%2FTXT<\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"ddl-tab_521_5ebce9cb68be0\" class=\"tab-pane ddl-frontend-editor-row ddl-frontend-editor-editable fade\" role=\"tabpanel\" data-id=\"521\" data-name=\"Guidelines aimed at potential authors of articles and other contributions\" data-type=\"row\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Tab\">\n<div class=\"row \">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 ddl-frontend-editor-cell ddl-frontend-editor-editable js-ddl-frontend-editor-cell\" data-id=\"s519\" data-name=\"Visual Editor 4\" data-type=\"cell-text\" data-layout_slug=\"\" data-kind=\"Cell\">\n<h4>Guidelines aimed at potential authors of articles and other contributions<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>If you wish to submit a blog piece, please ensure it complies with these Guidelines and send it as text to\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"mailto:lawblog@uclancyprus.ac.cy\"><strong>lawblog@uclancyprus.ac.cy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <strong>If your piece is intended for the RoLMM, please submit it to\u00a0<a href=\"rolmm@uclancyprus.ac.cy\">rolmm@uclancyprus.ac.cy<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These Guidelines constitute an open call for blog pieces. 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href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/on-the-inexplicable-absence-of-the-judgments-of-the-cypriot-international-protection-administrative-court-an-infringement-of-the-right-to-a-fair-trial\/\" class=\"blog-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tingey-injury-law-firm-nSpj-Z12lX0-unsplash-scaled.jpg)\"><\/a>\n  <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/on-the-inexplicable-absence-of-the-judgments-of-the-cypriot-international-protection-administrative-court-an-infringement-of-the-right-to-a-fair-trial\/\">On the inexplicable absence of the Judgments of the (Cypriot) Internat...<\/a><\/h4>\n  <p>By Andreas Hadjigeorgiou Introduction: The newly formed International Protection Administrative Court (IPAC) was constituted back in 2019, and begun its work officially around the middle of June 2019 &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a 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href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/the-role-of-the-charter-of-fundamental-rights-of-the-european-union-in-the-member-states-opening-address-by-his-excellency-mr-costas-clerides-the-attorney-general-of-the-republic-o\/\">\u2018The role of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union in the Member States\u2019, Opening Address by His Excellency Mr Costas Clerides, the Attorney-General of the Republic of Cyprus (2019)<\/a><\/h4>\n  <p>Dear Readers, it is our great pleasure to present you with the short Address opening the Public Lecture by The Honourable President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Professor Koen Lenaer &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/the-role-of-the-charter-of-fundamental-rights-of-the-european-union-in-the-member-states-opening-address-by-his-excellency-mr-costas-clerides-the-attorney-general-of-the-republic-o\/\" class=\"btn btn-default white-btn\">Read More<\/a>\n  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During the Annual Lecture the Distinguished Guest of Hono &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/3rd-annual-lecture-and-dinner-2019\/\" class=\"btn btn-default white-btn\">Read More<\/a>\n  <hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"blog-box\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px\">\n  <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/inaugural-annual-lecture-2017\/\">Inaugural Annual Lecture (2017)<\/a><\/h4>\n  <p>The office of the Attorney-General may date back to the European Middle Ages, even if it did not assume its contemporary form. Nowadays, the constitutional fabric of each democratic society grants pow &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/inaugural-annual-lecture-2017\/\" class=\"btn btn-default white-btn\">Read More<\/a>\n  <hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"blog-box\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px\">\n  <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/inaugural-annual-dinner-with-the-judiciary\/\">INAUGURAL ANNUAL DINNER WITH THE JUDICIARY (2017)<\/a><\/h4>\n  <p>For modern democratic nations, a strong and independent judiciary is the guarantor of the Rule of Law. The administration of justice is part of the democratic process. Thus, upholding a robust system &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/inaugural-annual-dinner-with-the-judiciary\/\" class=\"btn btn-default white-btn\">Read More<\/a>\n  <hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"blog-box\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px\">\n  <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/jean-monnet-module-the-law-of-financial-and-economic-governance-in-the-eu-fecogov-2014-17-guest-lecture-measures-taken-in-order-to-tackle-th\/\">Jean Monnet Module \u2018The Law of Financial and Economic Governance in the EU\u2019 (\u2018FEcoGov\u2019) (2014-17) \u2013 Guest Lecture, \u2018Measures taken in order to tackle the Euro Crisis and the case law of the EU Courts\u2019, By Judge Constantinos Lycourgos, Court of Justice of the European Union (2016)<\/a><\/h4>\n  <p>It is with great pleasure that we reproduce here the fourth Guest Lecture of the Jean Monnet Module FEcoGov, delivered by the Honourable Judge Constantinos Lycourgos. The Guest Lecture entitled \u201cMeasu &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/jean-monnet-module-the-law-of-financial-and-economic-governance-in-the-eu-fecogov-2014-17-guest-lecture-measures-taken-in-order-to-tackle-th\/\" class=\"btn btn-default white-btn\">Read More<\/a>\n  <hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"blog-box\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px\">\n  <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/joint-jean-monnet-module-uclan-cyprus-university-of-cyprus-cyprus-branch-of-the-international-federation-of-european-law-fide-event-in-the-honour-of-the-honourable-judge-george\/\">Joint Jean Monnet Module, UCLan Cyprus \u2013 University of Cyprus \u2013 Cyprus Branch of the International Federation of European Law (FIDE) event, in the honour of The Honourable Judge George Arestis (ret\u2019d) (2016)<\/a><\/h4>\n  <p>On 3 November 2016, the Jean Monnet Module at the School of Law of UCLan Cyprus \u2018The Law of Financial and Economic Governance in the EU\u2019 (\u2018FEcoGov\u2019) (2014-17) participated in yet another successful an &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/joint-jean-monnet-module-uclan-cyprus-university-of-cyprus-cyprus-branch-of-the-international-federation-of-european-law-fide-event-in-the-honour-of-the-honourable-judge-george\/\" class=\"btn btn-default white-btn\">Read More<\/a>\n  <hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"blog-box\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px\">\n  <h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/global-access-to-justice-project\/\">Global access to justice project<\/a><\/h4>\n  <p>Dear Readers, it is our great pleasure to introduce you to a series of resources under the Global Access to Justice Project. To view the local academic team involved in the project, composed of resear &#8230;<\/p>\n\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/resource\/global-access-to-justice-project\/\" class=\"btn btn-default white-btn\">Read More<\/a>\n  <hr\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is RoLMM The geographical and thematic coverage of RoLMM The rule of law: four premises Guidelines aimed at potential authors of articles and other contributions Videos Blog Resources What is RoLMM By Prof. St\u00e9phanie Laulh\u00e9 Shaelou and Dr. Klearchos A. 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