This year’s JAEL conference will focus on environmental liability, examined through a spectrum of legal perspectives — from the role of constitutional rights and state duties in environmental protection, to civil liability and compensation for environmental harm, the creation and enforcement of administrative measures, as well as the investigation, prosecution, and adjudication of environmental crimes. The conference will bring together more than 40 participants from the Visegrád countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia), including leading academics, judges, prosecutors, and public officials.
Instead of a traditional format, the conference will feature thematic panels in which the panel leaders first provide summary presentations of their group’s findings, followed by discussions with the other panel members to further explore legal frameworks and identify best practices. High-quality contributions will be published in two special issues of the Scopus-indexed Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law in 2026. By combining academic rigour with practical insight, the JAEL Conference 2025 aspires to be a unique interdisciplinary forum for addressing one of the most urgent legal questions of our time.
