[{"titre":"Colloque DemoCIS | Analysis of Illiberal Regimes. Deciphering Democratic Deconsolidation","url":"https://facdedroit.univ-lyon3.fr/colloque-international-analysis-of-illiberal-regimes-deciphering-democratic-deconsolidation","pubDate":"Wed, 25 Mar 2026 07:31:38 +0100","description":"PROGRAMME Tuesday 26th May 2026 14h00 - 14h15 | Opening 14h15 - 14h45 | Introduction Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche , Professor of Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France 14h45 - 16h15 | Keynote Speech Europe in the Upside Down: The Parasitic Architecture of Democratic Backsliding in the European Union Dan Kelemen , Professor of Law, Georgetown University 16h15 - 16h45 | Pause 16h45 - 17h30 | Panel 1 Illiberal Regimes Accessing to Institutions : Observations and Modelisation Chair : Carolina Simoncini , Assistant Professor in Italian Studies, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 The Autocratization Plateau ? The New Phase of Democratic Decline Luca Tomini , Professor of Political Science, Université libre de Bruxelles From Normalisation to Transnational Coordination : How the Far Right Undermines Liberal Democracy Léonie de Jonge , Professor of Research on Far-Right Extremism (Political Actors & Ideologies), Institute for Research on Far-Right Extremism (IRex), University of Tübingen Resisting Mirror Propaganda : Militant democracies, Authoritarian Regimes and the Fight Against “Disinformation” Thomas Hochmann , Professor of Law, Université Paris Nanterre Wednesday 27th May 2026 9h00 - 10h30 | Panel 2 Illiberal Regimes Dismantling the Rule of Law (1) : The Balance of Powers Chair: Mathilde Philip , Professor of law, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3, Head of the Lyon Chair for Human and Environmental Rights The Slow Design of Supremacy. Constitutional Hardball and the Shifting Legitimacy of Executive Power Julien Jeanneney , Professor of Law, University of Strasbourg, Member of the Institut Universitaire de France Ruling by Cheating : Compliance Theatre and Illiberal Defiance in Contemporary Constitutional Orders Petra Bard , Professor of Law, Radboud University & Central Europe University Autocratic Capture of the Judiciary : the Approaches by the Strasbourg and Luxembourg Courts and the Challenge of Navigating the Tension Between Purism and Faits Accomplis John Morijn , Professor of Law, University of Groningen 10h30 - 11h00 | Pause 11h00 - 12h30 | Panel 3 Illiberal Regimes Dismantling the Rule of Law (2): The Human Rights Protection Chair : Pierre-François Laval , Professor of Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 Academic Freedom Under Illiberal Pressure in Europe Kirsten Roberts Lyer , Professor of law, Central Europe University Putting Fuel to the Fire : Human Rights Violations and the Aggregation of Autocratic Power Juliet Stumpf , Edmund O. Belsheim Professor of Law, Lewis and Clarck Law School The Illiberal Continuum : Discourses Delegitimising Human Rights Jean-Yves Pranchère , Professor of Philosophy, Université Libre de Bruxelles 12h30 - 14h30 | Lunch Break 14h30 - 16h00 | Panel 4 Resisting and Restoring the Rule of Law: Hurdles and Ways Through Chair: Gaëlle Marti , Professor of Law, University Jean Moulin Lyon 3 Restoring the Rule of Law Post Backsliding in a European Context Laurent Pech , Professor of Law, University College Dublin Can the Rule of Law Be Restored in the United States? Anne Deysine , Emeritus Professor of Law, University Paris Nanterre Montesquieu in Silicon Valley. The balance of technogical power Olivier Alexandre , Executive Director of the Centre Internet et Société, CNRS 16h00 - 16h30 | Conclusions Justine Lacroix , Professor of Political Theory, Université Libre de","id":2780632,"source":"Gazette Juridique Lyon 3"}]