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International Academic Conference

 

The Confiscation of Property in Poland and Efforts at Restitution

28-30 June 2017

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University

in Warsaw (UKSW)

ul. Wóycickiego 1/3 , 01-938 Warszawa

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Aim of the Conference

The Conference is centered around a discussion of the legal conditions of property confiscation in Poland and its possible restitution. The discussion will involve different views of professionals and academics (both Polish and foreign) as well the representatives of state and local authorities. Discussions are to be organized in such a way as to ensure presentation of a broad scope of relevant views, i.e. those that support the restitution of confiscated property as well as those who are critical or oppose it.

 

This event will be the first-ever academic conference held in Poland on this important and timely topic. The proceedings of the conference will be published in 2018 in the academic journal Loyola International and Comparative Law Review.

 

The conference is organized jointly by two Catholic-based universities, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Faculty of Law and Administration and Loyola-Marymount University, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles,

 

Conference Principal Organizers

Prof. Michael Bazyler,

Chapman University Fowler School of Law

 

Adw. Szymon Gostyński,

LLM, Krakow

 

Ms. Katarzyna Czoska McNaughton,

LLM,Chapman University Fowler School of Law

 

Dr hab. Marek Świerczyński, prof. UKSW,

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

 

Dr Mateusz Tchorzewski,

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

 

About Visegrad impact of the conference

The issue of property confiscation and its possible restitution is important for all countries belonging to the Visegrad region, but holds a special significance for Poland, which has yet to enact a comprehensive national restitution law. In so doing, Poland can learn from its neighbours. For example the Czech Republic managed to carry out a reprivatisation. It was pointed out however that both the Czech and Slovak restitution systems suffer from a number of shortcomings. Reprivatisation is also a very serious issue in Hungary, where numerous arguments are being raised against it. There is a need to prepare recommendations to lawmakers on the basis of experiences of the Visegrad countries, which share similar legal systems and historical experiences. These regional challenges and problems can be jointly tackled by this project.

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CONFERENCE AGENDA

  • 28th JUNE 2017

    4.00 p.m. (16.00) - Keynote Lecture by Prof. Michael Bazyler,

                                                     Fowler School of Law Chapman University, California:

                                       "Restitution:  An Emerging Norm in International Law"

     

    UKSW in Warsaw, Building 21 (Auditorium Maximum),Room 327

  • 29th JUNE 2017

    9.00 a.m. (9.00) - Welcome

     

    • Prof. Anna Tarwacka Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw
    • Marcin Warchol Deputy of Minister of Justice
    • Prof. Stanley Goldman, Director of Center for the Study of Law and Genocide, Loyola Law School, Loyola - Marymount University, Los Angeles

     

    9.15 a.m. (9.15) - Opening Addresses - The Policy Makers

     

    • Opening Address 1: Marcin Warchol Deputy of Minister of Justice
    • Opening Address 2: Prof. Leszek Bosek, President of the Office of the Procurator General of the Republic of Poland

     

    10.00 a.m. (10.00) - Introduction: The Historical Perspective

     

    • Dr hab. Sławomir Godek, prof. UKSW, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

     

    10.15 a.m. (10.15) - PANEL 1:  The Polish Experience

     

    • Prof. Barbara Blaszczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences
    • Mrs. Malgorzata Swiatczak, Deputy Director of the Civil Law Team at the Ombudsman's Office
    • Stefan Jacyno, Esq.
    • Josef Forystek, Esq.
    • Dr Tomasz Krawczyk, Esq.
    • Gregorz Wozniak, Esq.
    • Michał Wawrykiewicz, Esq.
    • Moderator: Katarzyna Czoska McNaughton, LLM, MAS, Fowler School of Law Chapman University, California

     

    12.00 a.m. (12.00)  - Lunch

     

    1.00 p.m. (13.00) - The Experience of the Claimants

     

    • Edna Kaplan - United States
    • R. pr. Karol Radziwill - Poland

     

    1.30 p.m. (13.30) - Panel 2: Can Poland Learn from its Neighbors?

     

    • Dean Jan Kuklik, Charles U, Prague (Czech Republic)
    • Agnes Peresztegi, Esq. (Hungary)
    • Corin Trandafir, Esq. (Romania)
    • Branko Lakić, Director of the Sector for Coordination and Supervision at the Agency for Restitution of the Republic of Serbia (Serbia)
    • Kristen Nelson, Esq. Project Manager ESLI Holocaust Restitution Study and the Terezin Declaration
    • Moderator: Szymon Gostyński, Esq., LLM, Gostyński i Wspólnicy sp.k., Kraków

     

    3.00 p.m. (15.00) - Coffee Break 1

     

    3.15 p.m. (15.15) - Panel 3: What Next?

     

    • Dr Tomasz Luterek, Wyzsza Szkola Bankowa
    • Evan Hochberg, Esq., Director of International Affairs, World Jewish Restitution Organization
    • Adam Ablewicz, Esq., Director of the Department for Legal Persons and counselor at the the Office of the Procurator General of the Republic of Poland
    • Maciej Gorski, Esq.
    • Thomas Watson, Esq., McKool Smith, Los Angeles Office
    • Dr Aneta Mironczuk, UKSW (tbc)
    • Moderator: Dr Mateusz Tchorzewski, Esq.

     

    4.30 p.m. (16.30) - Coffee Break 2:

     

    4.45 p.m. (16.45) - Roundtable Discussion

     

    5.45 p.m. (17.45) - Sum up

     

    • Prof. Michael Bazyler, Fowler School of Law Chapman University, California
    • Vice Dean Marek Swierczynski, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

     

    6.00 p.m. (18.00) - Reception (immediately following program)

     

  • 30th JUNE 2017

    9.00 a.m. (9.00) - Welcome

     

    9.10 a.m. (9.15) - Panel I: Confiscation and restitution of property – the broad perspective

     

    • Dr Tetiana Drakokhrust, University of Ternopil
    • Dr Jan Sobiech, UKSW
    • Mgr Agata Tarnacka, Joanna Ornowska, UKSW
    • Małgorzata Tchórzewska, UKSW
    • Przemysław Furmanek, UKSW
    • Moderator: Dr Mateusz Tchorzewski, Esq.

     

    10.30 a.m. (10.30) – Break

     

    10.40 a.m. (10.40) - Panel II: The students speak

     

    • Bartłomiej Oręziak, UKSW
    • Weronika Stawińska, UKSW
    • Barbara Hornowska, UKSW
    • Patrycja Sanicka, UKSW
    • Joanna Michałowska, UKSW
    • Julia Dąbek, KUL
    • Moderator: Dr Mateusz Tchorzewski, Esq.

     

    11.30 a.m. (11.30) - Sum up and the closing of the conference

SUMMARY OF THE CONFERENCE

International Academic Conference

The Confiscation of Property in Poland and Efforts at Restitution

28-30 june 2017, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Conference Guests Introduction

Speakers

Panel 1 speakers

Panel 2 speakers

Panel 3 speakers

Professor Michael Bazyler,

professor of Law and The "1939" Club Law Scholar in Holocaust and Human Rights Studies at Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California. He is also a research fellow at the Holocaust Education Trust in London; and the holder of previous fellowships at Harvard Law School and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. Author of over a dozen law review articles on subjects covering public international law, international human rights law, international trade law and comparative law.

 

Prof. UKSW dr hab. Anna Tarwacka,

Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law and Administration, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

 

Prof. UKSW dr. hab. Marek Swierczynski,

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw

 

Mrs. Marcin Warchol,

Deputy Minister of Justice

 

Prof. Stanley Goldman,

Director of Center for the Study of Law and Genocide, Loyola Law School, Loyola- Marymount University, Los Angeles

 

Prof. UW dr hab. Leszek Bosek,

President of the Office of the Procurator General of the Republic of Poland

 

Prof. dr hab. Sławomir Godek,

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw

Katarzyna Czoska McNaughton - moderator

LLM, University of Gdansk Faculty of Law alumni, and MAS in Criminologyat University of California Irvine, has taught law and criminology at the University of Lethbridge, Canada.  She is currently completing a second LLM at Chapman Fowler School of Law, Orange, California.

 

Prof. dr  hab. Barbara Blaszczyk

a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. From 1991-96, she was a member and a vice-chair of the Reprivatization Council, which was an advisory body for the Polish Prime Minister.  At the time when she worked as an advisor to the government, she also pursued an extensive scientific research on the issue of reprivatization in Poland and other Eastern European countries.

http://inepan.pl/rada-naukowa/

 

Adw. Stefan Jacyno

an attorney from a major Warsaw based law firm who specialises in real estate property law. An author of several articles on the issue of reprivatization in Poland.

http://www.wardynski.com.pl/prawnicy/

 

Adw.  Jozef Forystek

an attorney who specialises in real estate property law and in  economic law, in its broadest sense, with a special focus on banking law and commercial agreements, also in court and arbitration disputes. Since the early 90's he has been representing numerous aristocratic families and former owners of nationalised estates in all kinds  of  reprivatisation cases, including the European Court of Human Rights,with special attention given to cases involving Warsaw land and zabużańskie cases.

http://www.forystek.pl/en/jozef-forystek

 

Dr Tomasz Ludwik Krawczyk

an attorney specializes in real property law, administrative law, litigation and arbitration, as well as in white collar crimes. He has also experience in environmental law, M&A and corporate law. Obtained his Ph. D. in legal studies at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. Published several publications on criminal and business law.

https://www.gkrlegal.pl/en/partner/tomasz-ludwik-krawczyk-ph-d/

 

Adw. Grzegorz Wozniak

an attorney from a major Warsaw based law firm who specialises in real estate property law.

http://wozniaklegal.com/

 

Adw. Michal Wawrykiewicz

an attorney from Wawrykiewicz Kancelaria Adwokacka in Warsaw, who specialises in real estate property law.

 

 

Ms. Edna Kaplan

a private claimant pursuing reprivatization claims in Poland

 

R.pr. Karol Radziwiłł

attorney

 

Mrs. Malgorzata Swiatczak

Deputy Director of the Civil Law Team at the Ombudsman's Office

 

Adw. Szymon Gostynski - moderator

LLM, partner attorney at Gostynski & Wspolnicy, Krakow.

http://www.gostynski.net/en/team/

 

Prof. dr Jan Kuklík, DrSc.

Univerzita Karlova (Charles University), Prague, Dean of the Law Faculty of the Charles University in Prague. Author of numerous publications in the area of restitution will give his insight into how the restitution issue was dealt with in the Czech Republic.

kuklik@prf.cuni.cz

 

Dr. Agnes Peresztegi

Soffer Avocats, Paris (of counsel) - Dr. Peresztegi is currently based in Paris and associated with Soffer Avocats. She has  over 20 years of experience regarding restitution property claims in Hungary, and restitution of art in general, and recently testified before the U.S. Congress;

agnes@peresztegi.com

 

Corin Trandafir

Herzfeld & Rubin or Rubin Meyer Doru & Trandafir, Bucharest -  Romania is one of few the countries in the Central European region often praised for successfully tackling the issue of property nationalized by the communist regime after WWII. This experienced lawyer of the law firm Rubin Meyer Doru & Trandafir, Bucharest will share their views on this process.

Corin.Trandafir@hr.ro

 

Branko Lakić, Esq.

Director of the Sector for Coordination and Supervision at the Agency for Restitution of the Republic of Serbia

 

Kristen Nelson, Esq.

Project Manager ESLI Holocaust Restitution Study and the Terezin Declaration

 

 

Dr Mateusz Tchórzewski, Esq. - moderator

Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw.

 

Adw. Maciej Gorski

A Warsaw based attorney specializing in a real estate property law. Co-founder of the Institute of Real Estate Research. Between 2011-2013, he cooperated with the Clinic of the Property Rights of the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. He is also an author of many publications on real estate law.

http://maciej-gorski.pl/

 

Dr Tomasz Luterek

a lawyer and a real estate appraisal. His interdisciplinary PhD thesis titled: “Reprivatisation. The Source of the Problem”, submitted at the Institute of Economics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, gained outstanding peer reviews. In his work, he provides a legal and economical analysis of the current reprivatization regime, and its flaws.

http://wydawnictwo.isppan.waw.pl/produkt/reprywatyzacja-zrodla-problemu/

 

Adam Ablewicz, Esq.,

Director of the Department for Legal Persons and counselor at the the Office of the Procurator General of the Republic of Poland

 

Evan Hochberg, Esq.,

Director of International Affairs, World Jewish Restitution Organization

 

Tom Watson

an attorney from McKool and Smith, a major U.S. law firm, who specializes in real estate property law.

http://www.mckoolsmith.com/

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prof. UKSW dr hab.

 Anna Tarwacka

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ul. Wóycickiego 1/3,

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speakers will present in Polish and English.

Simultaneous translation will be available

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ul. Wóycickiego 1/3,

01-938 Warszawa

Email: info@restitutionconference.pl

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