12 September 2015 - at the preparatory meeting for the XVIIth Congress of the Conference of the European Constitutional Courts, held in Batumi, Georgia from 9 to 12 September 2015, the participants representing forty-one member states, including the delegation of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia composed of Vice President Dr Snježana Bagić and Judge Dr Mato Arlović, discussed organisational and financial issues of the forthcoming Congress. An international symposium entitled "Application of international treaties by constitutional courts and equivalent bodies: Challenges to the dialogue" was also held within the preparatory meeting. The XVIIth Congress is scheduled for 29 June 2017 in Batumi, with the topic "Role of constitutional courts in upholding and applying constitutional principles".
