ICPC at the Cuba CON-PARA 2026 Congress!
ICPC at the Cuba CON-PARA 2026 Congress
Chiara Spiniello has taken part in the Cuba CON-PARA 2026 Congress in Havana, presenting a paper on the State in the digital age in the working session devoted to the classification of the forms of State.
The Internet and Communication Policy Center (ICPC) has taken part in the Cuba CON-PARA 2026 Congress, held in Havana at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba from 3 to 6 February 2026. The congress was devoted to “The challenges of the constitutional State in a disintegrated system of international relations”, with a focus on the contributions of comparative law to the construction of a just society.
Chiara Spiniello (University of Salerno) has presented the paper “Lo stato nell’era digitale” (“The State in the Digital Age”) as part of the morning working session of 5 February 2026 dedicated to the classification of the forms of State. Her contribution was delivered online.
The challenges of the constitutional State in a disintegrated system of international relations
Cuba CON-PARA 2026 has brought together legal scholars from Cuba, Italy, Spain and many other countries across Europe, Latin America and Africa to discuss the contributions of comparative law to the construction of a just society.
The opening session has featured greetings from Andry Matilla Correa (University of Havana), president of the congress, and from the presidents of the Italian comparative-law societies DPCE, AIDC and SIRD. The scientific programme has been organised around six thematic axes, from the classification of the forms of State and the welfare state to non-human legal personality and the role of legislators and judges, and has also included an extraordinary session celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Constitution of 1976.
The State in the digital age
ICPC has contributed to the congress through a paper presented in the session devoted to the determining elements for an update of the classifications of the forms of State.
Chiara Spiniello
University of Salerno
“Lo stato nell’era digitale” (“The State in the Digital Age”)
- Time: 9:00 – 11:30, local time in Havana (online presentation, 15 minutes)
- Session: Axis 1 – Determining elements for an update of the classifications of the forms of State
- Inaugural lecture: Lucio Pegoraro (Universidad de Salamanca), “For a plural meaning of the expression ‘forms of State’”
- Other speakers: Jean Alberto Enrique Iser (Universidad de La Habana), Kevin Rafael Echemendía Acosta (Universidad de Cienfuegos), Tommaso Amico di Meane (ESADE-Ramon Llull University), Udvary Sandor Tibor and Zoltan Toth (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary)
The congress at a glance
All times are local time in Havana. The ICPC session is highlighted.
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
- 14:00 – 16:00 Visit to the Capitolio of Havana
- 15:00 – 18:00 Accreditation
- 19:00 – 22:00 Welcome cocktail
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
- 9:00 – 12:30 Opening ceremony and introductory lectures
- 14:00 – 17:30 Working session on the legacy of Roman private law and European codes in Latin American legal systems, followed by book presentations
Thursday, 5 February 2026
- 9:00 – 11:30 Working session, Axis 1: forms of State with Chiara Spiniello, “Lo stato nell’era digitale”
- Morning and afternoon Parallel working sessions on Axes 2, 3, 4 and 6, and the extraordinary session celebrating 50 years of the Cuban Constitution of 1976
Friday, 6 February 2026
- 9:30 – 12:00 Closing roundtable: “The silent revolution of women in the field of Law”
- 12:00 – 13:00 Closing ceremony
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