Faculty of Law and Administration of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the City of Poznań invite you to an open lecture entitled 'The European Court of Justice: Do All Roads Lead to Luxembourg?', which will be delivered by the former judge at the Court of Justice of the EU, prof. Allan Rosas. The lecture will take place on 9 October 2024 at 4:00 p.m. in the Auditorium Room (no. 207), Al. Niepodległości 53, Poznań.
Allan Rosas was a judge at the European Court of Justice from 2002 to 2019. He holds a doctorate in law from the University of Turku, an honorary doctoral degree from the same university and l'Université de Neuchâtel and an honorary doctoral degree from Åbo Akademi University.
He was Professor of Public Law at the University of Turku (1976-1981) and later at Åbo Akademi University (1981-1995). He has also served as Director of the Institute for Human Rights at Åbo Akademi University (1985-1995) and as Vice-Rector of the same university (1994-95).
From 1974 to 1995 he was a member or expert on a number of governmental advisory boards and legal committees in Finland and represented the Finnish government in international bodies, conferences and expert meetings.
From 1995 to 2002 he was Chief Legal Adviser and then Deputy Director-General of the Legal Service of the European Commission.
He is currently chairman of the EU 255 panel, which assesses candidates for judges and Advocates-General of the CJEU and the General Court. He is also a member of the Independent Ethics Committee at the European Commission.
Author of more than 400 publications on EU law, international law and
international relations, constitutional and administrative law.