Meeting documents
Meeting documents
| CONVOCATION | Convocation | |
| 1. | INTRODUCTION | |
| 1.1. | Opening remarks | |
| 1.2. | Adoption of the agenda | |
| • | Draft agenda | CAHDI (2023) OJ 2 prov ® |
| • | Draft annotated agenda | CAHDI (2023) OJ 2 annotated prov ® |
| 1.3. | Adoption of the report of the 64th meeting | |
| • | Report of the 64th meeting of the CAHDI | CAHDI (2023) 14 ® |
| 1.4. | Information provided by the Secretariat of the Council of Europe | |
| - | Statement by Mr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law | |
| 2. | COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS’ DECISIONS WITH RELEVANCE FOR THE CAHDI INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR CAHDI’S OPINION | |
| 2.1. | Exchange of views in order to evaluate CAHDI activities and advise the Committee of Ministers and the Secretary General on future priorities in its sector | |
| • | Terms of reference of the CAHDI for 2022-2025 | CAHDI (2022) Inf 1 ® |
| • | Draft terms of reference of the CAHDI for 2024-2027 | CAHDI (2023) Inf 2 ® |
| 2.2 | Other Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities | |
| • | Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities | CAHDI (2023) 15 ® |
| 3. | CAHDI DATABASES AND QUESTIONNAIRES | |
| 3.1. | 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” | 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 ® |
| 3.2. | 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 (2023) 16 prov ® |
| 3.3. | 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 |
| 3.4. | 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 (2023) 2 prov ® |
| 3.5. | 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 | |
| • | 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 (2023) 12 prov ® |
| CAHDI-Database “The immunities of States and international organisations” | ||
| 3.6. | 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 (2023) 3 prov |
| CAHDI-Database “The organisation and functions of the Office of the Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs” | ||
| 3.7. | The implementation of United Nations sanctions | |
| CAHDI-Database “Implementation of United Nations sanctions” | ||
| 3.8. | Inquiry concerning the lifting of confidentiality of certain CAHDI questionnaires | |
| • | Replies by States to the inquiry concerning lifting confidentiality of certain CAHDI questionnaires | CAHDI (2023) 4 prov ® |
| 4. | IMMUNITIES OF STATES AND OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR IMMUNITY | |
| 4.1. | Exchanges of views on topical issues in relation to the subject matter of the item | |
| 4.2. | State practice and relevant case-law | |
| 5. | THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CASES BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES INVOLVING PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW | |
| 5.1. | Cases before the European Court of Human Rights involving issues of public international law | |
| 5.2. | 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 ® |
| 6. | TREATY LAW AND SOFT LAW INSTRUMENTS | |
| 6.1. | Exchanges of views on topical issues related to treaty law | |
| - | Exchange of views on non-legally binding instruments in international law | |
| • | Questionnaire on “The Practice of States and international organisations regarding non-legally binding agreements”, prepared by the delegation of Germany | CAHDI (2022) 2 ® |
| • | Replies by States and international organisations to the questionnaire “The Practice of States and international organisations regarding non-legally binding agreements” | CAHDI (2023) 5 prov ® |
| • | Revised analysis of the replies by States and international organisations to the questionnaire “The practice of States and international organisations regarding non-legally binding agreements”, prepared by the Secretariat based on the previous report by Prof. Andreas Zimmermann (University of Potsdam/Germany) | CAHDI (2023) 17 ® |
| • | Non-paper on possible next steps relating to the CAHDI project on non-legally binding instruments, prepared by the Secretariat | CAHDI (2023) 18 ® |
| • | Option paper “Exchange of views on non-legally binding agreements in international law”, prepared by the delegation of Germany | CAHDI (2021) 17 ® |
| • | Chair’s summary “Expert Workshop on Non-Legally Binding Agreements in International Law” | Chair’s summary |
| - | Exchange of views on treaties not requiring parliamentary approval | |
| • | Questionnaire on “Treaties not requiring parliamentary approval”, prepared by the delegation of Slovenia | CAHDI (2022) 3 rev ® |
| • | Replies by States to the questionnaire “Treaties not requiring parliamentary approval” | CAHDI (2023) 7 prov ® |
| - | Exchange of views on soft law instruments | |
| • | Draft questionnaire on “International soft law: implications for Legal Departments of Ministries for Foreign Affairs”, prepared by the delegation of Italy | CAHDI (2023) 19 prov ® |
| • | Chair’s summary “Online Seminar on Legislative Guides, Model Laws, Recommendations, Principles: A ‘Soft Multilateral Law-Making’ for International Governance?” | Chair’s summary |
| 6.2. | Law and practice relating to reservations and interpretative declarations concerning international treaties: European Observatory of Reservations to International Treaties | |
| - | List of reservations and declarations to international treaties subject to objection | |
| • | List of reservations and declarations to international treaties subject to objection | CAHDI (2023) 20 prov ® |
| • | Table of objections | CAHDI (2023) 20 Addendum prov ® |
| • | Reactions to reservations and declarations to international treaties previously examined by the CAHDI | CAHDI (2023) Inf 3 |
| • | Recommendation No. R (99) 13 on responses to inadmissible reservations to international treaties | Recommandation N° R (99) 13 |
| 7. | CURRENT ISSUES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW | |
| 7.1. | Topical issues of public international law | |
| - | Exchange of views on the aggression in Ukraine | |
| • | Resolution CM/Res(2023)3 establishing the Enlarged Partial Agreement on the Register of Damage Caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation Against Ukraine | CM/Res(2023)3 |
| 7.2. | Peaceful settlement of disputes | |
| • | Means of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes | CAHDI (2023) 23 ® |
| 7.3. | The work of the International Law Commission | |
| - | Exchange of views with Ms Patricia Galvao Teles, Chair of the ILC | |
| 7.4. | Consideration of current issues of international humanitarian law | |
| 7.5. | Developments concerning the international Criminal Court (ICC) and other international criminal tribunals | |
| - | Exchange of views with Ms Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, Chair of the Diplomatic Conference for the Adoption of a Convention on International Cooperation in the Investigation and Prosecution of the Crime of Genocide, Crimes against Humanity, War Crimes and other International Crimes (15-26 May 2023, Ljubljana/Slovenia) and President of the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute of the ICC | |
| • | Developments concerning the International Criminal Court and other international criminal tribunals | CAHDI (2023) 21 prov |
| 8. | OTHER | |
| 8.1. | Election of the Chair and the Vice-Chair | |
| • | Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the CAHDI | CAHDI (2023) 22 |
| 8.2. | Place, date and agenda of the 66th meeting of the CAHDI: Strasbourg (France), 21-22 March 2024 | |
| 8.3. | Any other business | |
| 8.4. | Adoption of the Abridged Report and closing of the 65th meeting |
