Law of the Future Forum 2011

23 June 2011 / Peace Palace / The Hague

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 FutureSignposting 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?

HiiL Research | Internationalisation and constitutionality

Diverging rules, which allow people to

make choices between various regimes,

may satisfy a greater number of law users

HiiL Research | Internationalisation and constitutionality

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