Chief Justice in Vilnius

Chief Justice Vincent De Gaetano is in Vilnius where he is representing the Constitutional Court of Malta at the XIVth Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts, which this year is being organised and hosted by the Constitutional Court of Lithuania.

The Conference of European Constitutional Courts comprises 39 constitutional courts from Europe as full members and one associate member (the Constitutional Court of Belarus).

The Constitutional Court of Malta was admitted as a member of the Conference under the Polish presidency of the Conference in 1997.

The main theme of this year's Congress is Problems Of Legislative Omission In Constitutional Jurisprudence.

In the absence of the Chief Justice, Mr Justice Joseph David Camilleri will be Acting Chief Justice.