On the proposal of the academics Professors Jean-Bernard Auby, Sciences-Po University France, Gordon Anthony, Queen's University Belfast, Paul Craig, Oxford University and Giacinto della Cananea, Bocconi University, the personalities here below, Members of the European Group of Public Law, have undersigned the following Declaration:
'The European Group of Public Law, in view of the attack on the territory and people of Ukraine:
- reaffirms its strong belief that, as established by the treaty founding the Council of Europe, ‘the pursuit of peace based upon justice and international cooperation is vital for the preservation of human society and civilization;
- reiterates its allegiance to the values of individual freedom, political liberty and the rule of law, which ‘form the basis of all genuine democracy;
- reiterates its opposition to unwarranted interference with, and aggression against, the territorial integrity of a sovereign state;
- calls all European governments and supranational institutions to act with a view to obtaining an immediate and effective cease-fire and to seeking a peaceful and just solution to disputes.
Signed by:
- Eva Nieto
- Michel Fromont
- John O’Dowd
- Michael Jensen
- Bronius Sudavicius
- Jorgen Albaek Jensen
- Bettina Schöndorf-Haubold
- Luis Medina
- Simone Torricelli
- Marcello Clarich
- Alfredo Moliterni
- Willemien den Ouden
- Anita Rodina
- Bernardo Mattarella
- Luis Arroyo
- Jack Beatson
- Viacheslav Tuliakov
- Jacqueline Dutheil de la Rochère
- Theo Öhlinger
- Thomas Groß
- Alla Sanchenko
- Angelos Pangratis
- Jelena Jerinic
- Μaryvonne de Saint Pulgent
- Υann Aguila
- Martin Belov
- Semih Gemalmaz
- Aldo Travi
- Katerina Iliadou
- Marco D'Alberti
- Rui Lanceiro
- Sérvulo Correia
- Pascale Idoux
- Maria da Glória
- Pascale Gonod
- Bernard Stirn
- Maria Patakyova
- María Fraile
- Yiannis Drossos
- Franz Merli
- Roberto Toniatti
- Rui Medeiros
- Lena Marcusson
- Angela Ferrari Zumbini
- Hans Christian Röhl
- Carmen Plaza
- Migena Leskoviku
- Jorge Bacelar Gouveia
- Stephanie Palmer
- Giandomenico Falcon
- Matteo Gnes
- Isaac Martin Delgado
- Amnon Reichman
- John Morison
- Juli Ponce
- Tatjana Papic
- Jens Rytter
- Manfred Stelzer
- Eleftheria Neframi
- Eva Ersbøll
- Carol Harlow
- Stefano Battini
- Hans-Heinrich Trute
- Anikó Szalai
- Monika Florczak-Wątor
- Barbara Marchetti
- Aldo Sandulli
- Haris Tsiliotis
- Patricia Jonason
- Miguel Prata Roque
- Serge Dauchy
- Christos Gortsos
- Sacha Prechal
- Jaap de Zwaan
- Susana de la Sierra
- Maurizia de Bellis
- Jacques Ziller
- Olli Mäenpää
- Elisenda Malaret
- Fabian Amtenbrink
- Martina Conticelli
- David Feldman
- Isaac Damsky
- Ton van den Brink
- Rick Rawlings
- Michael Frendo
- Argelia Queralt Jiménez
- Violeta Beširević
- Fulvio Cortese
- Jacobine van den Brink
- Stefano Dorigo
- Thomas Perroud
- Rosemary Jeffrey
- Jean-Paul Costa
- Stephen Sedley
- Ania Salinas
- Vincenzo Cerulli Irelli
- Andrea Carbone
- Herwig Hofmann
- Bernardo Ayala
- Anita Ušacka
- Edoardo Chiti
- Robert Andersen
- Johanna Engström
- Gerdy Jurgens
- Ignacio Borrajo Iniesta
- Allan Brewer-Carias
- Christian Tomuschat
