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The Commission operates from the EPLO’s Regional Branch in Cascais, Portugal and is assisted by the Institute of
the Global Rule of Law.
EPLO announces the GLOBAL RULE OF LAW COMMISSION at the United Nations
14 November 2022

A side event for the Commission’s presentation, sponsored by the Permanent Representations of Greece, Italy,
Mozambique and Portugal to the United Nations took place in conference room 7 at the UN Headquarters in
New York.
The event was welcomed by Mr Miguel de Serpa
Soares, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs
and United Nations Legal Counsel and by
Ambassador Maria Theofilie, Permanent Observer of
Greece to the United Nations, Ambassador Maurizio
Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United
Nations, Ambassador Ana Paula Zacarias, Permanent
Representative of Portugal to the United Nations and Mr
Omar Remane, Sixth Committee delegate
for Mozambique. The event was chaired and moderated by
Ambassador Barbara Faedda, Permanent Observer of the
EPLO to the United Nations NYC.
The audience was also addressed by Ms Teresa
Violante, Director of the newly established Institute of the
Global Rule of Law and by Professor Spyridon Flogaitis,
EPLO Director.
Global rule of law, EPLO, United Nations New York

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1 working session – GRoLC kick-off meeting
10-11 January 2023

Following the inaugural ceremony, the first meeting of the EPLO GRoLC was held at the Sala do Futuro, provided
by the Municipality of Cascais in its main building at the center of Cascais. During the two-day meeting, the EPLO

First meeting of the EPLO Global Rule of Law Commission in Portugal (Cascais)

GRoLC analyzed in depth its thematic scope, method, and organization of work, under the chairmanship of
President Giuliano Amato (connected via Zoom from Rome).

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