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Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) Faculty of Law with the cooperation of Leiden University and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands organizes a public lecture by Professor Luc Verheij which will be held on November 29, 2023 at 17:00, TSU 1st Academic Building, Room 107.
The public lecture is organised in honor of Rudolph Cleveringa - who was a law professor at Leiden University. As dean of the Faculty of Law he protested, in a public speech on 26 November 1940, against the dismissal of Jewish colleagues by the Nazi Occupying Powers, and especially his colleague Meyers. He was arrested shortly afterwards. His speech sparked a strike amongst students; the university was then closed by the Nazis and it remained closed throughout the war. In his honour, each year, the Leiden University Fund organizes Cleveringa lectures at numerous places in the world.
This year, Cleveringa Lecture in Tbilisi will discuss the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the changes it has brought about since it has entered into force in 2018. The GDPR is considered to be crucial for guaranteeing fundamental rights and freedoms in modern society but also for allowing he digital economy to develop in Europe and across the globe. The question is whether the GDPR could also be relevant for Georgia and if yes, in what way.
About the speaker:
Luc Verheij is Extraordinairy Kirchheiner Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Leiden University. He obtained his PhD on 30 September 1992 at Utrecht University on a study into the horizontal effect of fundamental rights, in particular on the right to privacy. He was an assistant professor between 1986 and 1993 at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Utrecht University. Between 1993 and 2000, legal lawyer and later advisor to the Legislation Department of the Ministry of Justice. Between 2000 and 2012 Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law at Maastricht University. From 2008 director of the Montesquie Institute Maastricht. Between 2007 and 2010, counselor in exceptional service at the Legislation Directorate of the Ministry of Justice, responsible for project management of the constitutional reform of the Netherlands Antilles. From March 1, 2011 Advisory Department of the Council of State.
