Meeting documents

Back 60th meeting - Videoconference KUDO, 24-25 March 2021

I. INTRODUCTION
1. Opening of the meeting by the Chair, Ms Alina OROSAN
2. Adoption of the agenda
Draft agenda CAHDI (2021) OJ 1 prov rev 3 ®
Draft annotated agenda CAHDI (2021) OJ 1 annotated prov rev 2 ®
3. Adoption of the report of the 59th meeting
Draft report of the 59th meeting of the CAHDI CAHDI (2020) 17 prov
4. Information provided by the Secretariat of the Council of Europe
- Statement by Mr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law
- Replacement of the old databases by the new ones, information provided by the Secretariat
Replacement of the old databases by the new ones CAHDI (2021) Inf 1
II. ONGOING ACTIVITIES OF THE CAHDI
5. Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities, including requests for CAHDI’s opinions
a. Working methods: Non-paper on the Evaluation of the Activities of the CAHDI
Non-paper on the Evaluation of the Activities of the CAHDI for Discussion at its 60th Meeting CAHDI (2021) 1 ®
b. Opinion of the CAHDI on Recommendation 2191 (2020) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE)
Draft Opinion of the CAHDI on Recommendation 2191 (2020) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe – “Investment migrations” CAHDI (2021) 6 prov ®
c. Other Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities
Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities CAHDI (2021) 2 ®
6. Immunities of states and international organisations
a. Topical issues related to immunities of states and international organisations
- Settlement of disputes of a private character to which an International Organisation is a party
Settlement of disputes of a private character to which an international organisation is a party CAHDI (2014) 5 ®
Summary of the main trends of the replies to the questionnaire on “Settlement of disputes of a private law character to which an international organisation is a party” and further examination of this issue, prepared by the delegation of the Netherlands CAHDI (2017) 21 ®
Comments by States on “Settlement of disputes of a private character to which an international organisation is a party” CAHDI (2020) 3 prov ®
Working document on “The settlement of disputes of a private character against international intergovernmental organisations: the experience of the Council of Europe and other Organisations” CAHDI (2020) 12 prov ®
- Immunity of State-owned cultural property on loan
Immunity of state-owned Cultural Property on Loan CAHDI (2013) 10 ®
Replies by states to the Questionnaire on “Immunity of State-owned cultural property on loan” CAHDI (2020) 4 prov ®
- Immunities of special missions
“Immunities of special missions”, prepared by the delegation of the United Kingdom CAHDI (2013) 15 ®
Replies by states to the Questionnaire on “Immunities of special missions” CAHDI (2020) 5 prov
- Service of process on a foreign state
Analysis of the replies to the Questionnaire on “Service of process on a foreign state” CAHDI (2014) 15 ®
Replies by States to the Questionnaire on “Service of process on a foreign state” CAHDI (2020) 6 prov ®
b. UN Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property
c. State practice, case-law and updates of website entries
Exchange of national practices on the possibility for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to raise public international law issues in procedures pending before national tribunals and related to states’ or international organisations’ immunities CAHDI (2020) 7 prov ®
CAHDI-Database “The immunities of states and international organisations”
7. Organisation and functions of the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Replies by states to the revised Questionnaire on “The organisation and functions of the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” CAHDI (2021) 3 prov
CAHDI-Database “The organisation and functions of the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
8. National implementation measures of UN sanctions and respect for human rights
Cases that have been submitted to national tribunals by persons or entities included in or removed from the lists established by the UN Security Council Sanctions Committees CAHDI (2020) 9 prov ®
CAHDI-Database “Implementation of United Nations sanctions”
9. The European Convention on Human Rights and cases before the European Court of Human Rights involving issues of public international law
- Exchange of views with Judge Robert SPANO, President of the European Court of Human Rights
- Overview of the state of play in relation to the EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights
- Cases before the European Court of Human Rights involving issues of public international law
Case law of the European Court of Human Rights related to Public International Law (from 1 January to 31 December 2020) PIL (2021) Case Law Appendix III Rev 1
10. Peaceful settlement of disputes
- Exchange of views with Mr Emmanuel DECAUX, President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration
Means of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes CAHDI (2019) 14 ®
11. Law and practice relating to reservations and interpretative declarations concerning international treaties: European Observatory of Reservations to International Treaties
- General discussion in relation to reservations implying the exclusion of any treaty-based relationship in between the reserving state and another state party to the treaty in relation to which the reservation is formulated
- List of reservations and declarations to international treaties subject to objection
List of reservations and declarations to international treaties subject to objection CAHDI (2021) 4 prov ®
Table of objections CAHDI (2021) 4 Addendum prov ®
Reactions to reservations and declarations to international treaties previously examined by the CAHDI CAHDI (2021) Inf 2
Recommendation No. R (99) 13 on responses to inadmissible reservations to international treaties Recommandation N° R (99) 13
III. GENERAL ISSUES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
12. Consideration of current issues of international humanitarian law
13. Developments concerning the International Criminal Court (ICC) and other international criminal tribunals
- Intervention by Mr Peter LEWIS, Registrar of the International Criminal Court
Developments concerning the International Criminal Court and other international criminal tribunals CAHDI (2021) 5 prov
14. Topical issues of public international law
IV. OTHER
15. Place, date and agenda of the 61st meeting of the CAHDI
16. Any other business
17. Adoption of the Abridged Report and closing of the 60th meeting