Meeting documents
Meeting documents
| CONVOCATION | Convocation | |
| LIST OF PARTICIPANTS | CAHDI (2025) LP2 prov ® | |
| 1 | INTRODUCTION | |
| 1.1. | Opening remarks | |
| 1.2. | Adoption of the agenda | |
| • | Draft agenda | CAHDI (2025) OJ 2 prov ® |
| • | Draft annotated agenda | CAHDI (2025) OJ 2 annotated prov ® |
| 1.3. | Adoption of the report of the 68th meeting | |
| • | Draft report of the 68th meeting of the CAHDI | CAHDI (2025) 11 prov rev ® |
| 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 | |
| - | Information provided by Ms Kerli VESKI, Chair of the CAHDI | |
| 2 | COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS’ DECISIONS WITH RELEVANCE FOR THE CAHDI INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR CAHDI’S OPINION | |
| 2.1. | CAHDI indicative overview of possible avenues under international law aimed at securing the payment by the Russian Federation of just satisfaction awarded by the European Court of Human Rights - Committee of Ministers' Follow-up | |
| • | Indicative overview of possible options under international law aimed at securing the payment by the Russian Federation of just satisfaction awarded by the European Court of Human Rights. | CAHDI (2024) 29 ® |
| • | Decision CM/Del/Dec(2025)1527/10.10 on Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) - Indicative overview of possible options under international law aimed at securing the payment by the Russian Federation of just satisfaction awarded by the European Court of Human Rights | |
| 2.2. | Opinion of the CAHDI on ad hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA) - feasibility of WADA imposing consequences on states for the voluntary withholding of financial contributions | |
| • | Opinion of the CAHDI on ad hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency | CAHDI (2025) 12 |
| • | Decision CM/Del/Dec(2025)1526/8.2 - Ad hoc European Committee for the World Anti-Doping Agency (CAHAMA) – Feasibility of WADA imposing consequences on States for the voluntary withholding of financial contributions - Possible referral to the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) | |
| 2.3. | CAHDI Terms of Reference 2024-2027 – Consultation on the activities | |
| • | Terms of reference of the CAHDI for 2024-2027 | CAHDI (2025) 1 prov |
| 2.4. | Other Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities | |
| • | Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities | CAHDI (2025) 13 |
| 3 | CAHDI DATABASES AND QUESTIONNAIRES | |
| 3.1. | Settlement of disputes of a private character to which an international organisation is a party | |
| • | CAHDI-Database Settlement of disputes of a private character to which an international organisation is a party | |
| 3.2. | Immunity of state-owned cultural property on loan | |
| • | CAHDI-Database Immunity of state-owned cultural property on loan | |
| 3.3. | Immunities of special missions | |
| • | CAHDI-Database Immunities of special missions | |
| 3.4. | Service of process on a foreign State | |
| • | CAHDI-Database Service of process on a foreign State | |
| 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 | |
| • | CAHDI-Database 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-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 | |
| • | 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” | |
| 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 | |
| • | Case law of the European Court of Human Rights related to public international law (from 1 March to 31 August 2025) | PIL (2025) 2 |
| 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 | |
| • | Methodology for compiling best practice in the field of non-legally binding instruments | CAHDI (2025) 15 prov |
| • | Compilation of national approaches and materials regarding non-legally binding instruments | CAHDI (2025) 3 |
| • | 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 (2025) 4 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 (2025) 5 prov ® |
| • | Non-paper on “Possible next steps relating to the CAHDI project on non-legally binding instruments”, prepared by the Secretariat | CAHDI (2023) 18 ® |
| • | 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 (2025) 17 prov ® |
| • | Main trends arising from the replies to the questionnaire “Treaties not requiring parliamentary approval”, prepared by the Secretariat | CAHDI (2024) 11 prov ® |
| - | Exchange of views on soft law instruments | |
| • | Questionnaire on “International soft law: implications for Legal Departments of Ministries for Foreign Affairs”, prepared by the delegation of Italy | CAHDI (2023) 19 ® |
| • | Replies to the questionnaire on “International soft law: implications for Legal Departments of Ministries for Foreign Affairs” | CAHDI (2025) 6 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 (2025) 14 ® |
| • | Reactions to reservations and declarations to international treaties previously examined by the CAHDI | CAHDI (2025) Inf 2 |
| • | Recommendation No. R (99) 13 on responses to inadmissible reservations to international treaties | |
| 7 | CURRENT ISSUES OF PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW | |
| 7.1. | Topical issues of public international law | |
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| - | Exchange of views with Professor Ágnes Kasper, Tallinn University, co-author of the Handbook on Developing a National Position on International Law and Cyber Activities: A Practical Guide for States | |
| - | Exchange of views on the aggression in Ukraine | |
| 7.2. | Peaceful settlement of disputes | |
| • | Means of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes | CAHDI (2023) 23 ® |
| 7.3. | The work of the International Law Commission (ILC) | |
| - | Exchange of views with Professor Martins Paparinskis, 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 | |
| • | Developments concerning the International Criminal Court and other international criminal tribunals | PIL-ICT (2025) 2 |
| 8 | OTHER | |
| 8.1. | Election of the Chair and the Vice-Chair | |
| • | Election of the Chair and Vice-Chair of the CAHDI | CAHDI (2025)16 |
| 8.2. | Place, date and agenda of the 70th meeting of the CAHDI: Strasbourg (France), 19-20 March 2026 | |
| 8.3. | Any other business | |
| 8.4. | Adoption of the Abridged Report and closing of the 69th meeting | |
| • | Abridged Report | CAHDI (2025) 18 ® |
