Activities

  • On 19 December 2023, the coordinator of FURBUS, dr. Petra Weingerl, participated in the round table Human rights: challenges for the future. The event took place at the Faculty of Administration in Ljubljana and was organized in cooperation with SDEP and EWLA-Slovenia. 
  • Coordinator of FURBUS, dr. Petra Weingerl, participated in the Charter Xchange organized by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on 11 and 12 December 2023. 
  • On December 7 and 8, 2023, a two-day international conference on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 70th anniversary of the ECHR and the anniversary of the legal validity of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights was held at the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor with eminent domestic and foreign experts in the field of international law. It was organized by Assoc Prof Dr Petra Weingerl and Prof Dr Matjaž Tratnik.

News about conference

  • Coordinator of FURBUS, dr. Petra Weingerl, organized a Doctoral Brunch Seminar for doctoral students on 7 December 2023. 

 

  • On Wednesday, 6 December 2023, the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor was visited by prof. dr. Matej Avbelj from New University, who gave a lecture within the Jean Monnet Module FURBUS. The topic of the lecture was the rule of law crisis in the EU.

 

  • On Wednesday, 22 November 2023, the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor hosted dr. Jasna Murgel, president of the Sonček Association. She lectured on the rights of persons with disabilities as part of the Public International Law course.

The lecture was held as part of the Jean Monnet Module Fundamental Rights and EU Business Law and Policy and as part of the Active Citizens Fund program in Slovenia.

 

  • On Thursday, 9 November 2023, the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor hosted prof. dr. Jernej Letnar Černič from New University, who gave a lecture within the Jean Monnet Module FURBUS. The topic of the lecture was the protection of fundamental rights in the EU - the intertwining of national, EU and international legal protection.  

 

  • On 6 and 7 November 2023, the 1st Artificial Intelligence and Law conference was held in Portorož, at which Assoc Prof Dr Petra Weingerl chaired the section entitled Liability and compensation and dangers in connection with artificial intelligence. Within this section, she also held a lecture entitled Liability for damages and sanctions for the use of artificial intelligence (AI). She presented the risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence and the existing and proposed regulation of liability for damages caused by AI systems. 

  • On Monday, 5 June 2023, Dr Petra Weingerl, coordinator of FURBUS, was a speaker at the Ljubljana Conference on Business & Human Rights in Central and Eastern Europe: Good Practices and Challenges. She participated in a session on the role of international organisations and businesses. 

 

  • On Friday, 2 June 2023, Dr Petra Weingerl, coordinator of FURBUS, took part in a panel discussion on the 30th Anniversary of the EU Single Market at the 18th European Law Days at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana. 

 

  • On Friday, 26 May 2023, Dr Petra Weingerl, coordinator of FURBUS, gave a lecture at the Days of Labour Law and Social Security in Bernardin (paper entitled Civil Liability for Artificial Intelligence in the Employment Relationship). 

 

  • On 18 May 2023, Dr Petra Weingerl, coordinator of FURBUS, took part in the 28th Economic Operators on the Market Consultation in Portorož. She gave a lecture entitled Influencers and the protection of vulnerable groups in the EU.
  • On 5 May 2023, Dr. Petra Weingerl gave a lecture entitled Sustainable Development and Consumer Law in the European Context at the international conference Sustainable Development, Tourism, and Heritage in the European Context at the Faculty of Law of the University of Maribor.
  • On 20 and 21 April 2023, Dr Petra Weingerl participated in the XXI Days of Civil and Commercial Law organised by the Institute of Comparative Law at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana. She gave a lecture in the panel on the new Consumer Act (lecture entitled Administrative and Criminal Sanctions in the Consumer Act in the Light of the Principle of Legal Certainty), and took part in the round table entitled Discrimination and Private Law.

 

  • Module's coordinator dr. Petra Weingerl organised and chaired a roundtable celebrating 70 years of the Court of Justice of the EU on 22 December 2022 at the Faculty of Law in Maribor. Guests of the roundtable were dr. Marko Ilešič (judge at the Court of Justice), dr. Maja Brkan (judge at the General Court of the EU), dr. Damjan Kukovec (judge at the General Court of the EU), dr. Janja Hojnik (EU Law professor) and mag. Igor Strnad (Judge at the Appellate Court in Maribor).

 

  • On December 15 and 16, 2022, an online conference on the 10th anniversary of the European Journal of Consumer and Market Law (EuCML) entitled "Enforcing EU Consumer and Market Law" was held. At the conference, dr. Petra Weingerl gave a lecture with the title The Jurisprudential Conflict on the Application of Consumer Law in Slovenia: Consumer Law as a Sword or a Shield? She addressed the enforcement of consumer protection law and the question of whether it is used in certain contexts as a "sword in the hands of consumers" or a "shield for providers of goods and services".

https://pf.um.si/novice/doc-dr-petra-weingerl-na-konferenci-ob-10-obletnici-revije-european-journal-of-consumer-and-market-law-eucml

 

  • On 6 and 7 October 2022, the module's coordinator, dr. Petra Weingerl attended the EU Fundamental Rights Agency's even in Vienna, Austria: "Promoting and Multiplying Knowledge on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union through Experts at National Level".

 

  • Between 28 and 30 September 2022, the 2nd Zagreb International Conference on the Law of Obligations was held at the Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences in Zagreb. The module's coordinator, dr. Petra Weingerl, held a lecture with the title "The interplay of contract law, the Digital Single Market, and sustainability goals in Slovenia: any room for improvement?" She presented the implementation of Directive 2019/771 on certain aspects of contracts for the sale of goods in the light of commitments to achieve more sustainable consumption and a circular economy.

    https://pf.um.si/novice/doc-dr-petra-weingerl-v-zagrebu-na-2-mednarodni-konferenci-obligacijskega-prava

 

  • Module's coordinator dr. Petra Weingerl participated in the Workshop on Building a Legal System for a Circular Economy: Identifying Problems and Legal Solutions. She was a guest on a panel on consumer empowerment, circularity, and servitization. 

Date: 14 September 2022
Venue: Online

 

  • Module's coordinator dr. Petra Weingerl participated in the conference at the Nova University in Ljubljana with a lecture on Fairness in Private Enforcement of EU law (Pravičnost v okviru zasebnega uveljavljanja prava EU (akademska konferenca Nove univerze "Kakšno Evropo hočemo?", četrtek, 2. junij 2022, Nova univerza, Ljubljana)).

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