Meeting documents
Meeting documents
| Convocation ® | ||
| Practical information ® | ||
| 1. | INTRODUCTION | |
| 1.1. | Opening remarks | |
| 1.2. | Adoption of the agenda | |
| • | Draft agenda | CAHDI (2026) OJ 2 prov ® |
| • | Draft annotated agenda | CAHDI (2026) OJ 2 annotated prov ® |
| 1.3. | Adoption of the report of the 70th meeting | |
| • | Draft report of the 70th meeting of the CAHDI | CAHDI (2026) 8 prov rev ® |
| 1.4. | Information provided by the Secretariat of the Council of Europe | |
| - | Information provided by Ms Kerli VESKI, Chair of the CAHDI | |
| - | Statement by Ms Ana GOMEZ HEREDERO, Head of Public International Law Division and Treaty Office | |
| 2. | COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS’ DECISIONS WITH RELEVANCE FOR THE CAHDI INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR CAHDI’S OPINION | |
| 2.1. | Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities | |
| • | Committee of Ministers’ decisions of relevance to the CAHDI’s activities | CAHDI (2026) 9 |
| 2.2. | Examination of the request by the European Space Agency (ESA) to be granted observer status to the CAHDI | |
| • | Request for observer status to the CAHDI submitted by the European Space Agency (ESA) | CAHDI (2026) 10 |
| • | CM/Res(2021)3 on intergovernmental committees and subordinate bodies, their terms of reference and working methods | |
| 3. | CAHDI DATABASES | |
| 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” | |
| 3.8. | Treaties not requiring parliamentary approval | |
| • | CAHDI-Database “Treaties not requiring parliamentary approval” | |
| 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 ECHR related to public international law (from 1 March to 31 August 2026) | PIL (2026) 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 | |
| - | Discussion 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 (2025) 4 prov ® |
| • | Compilation of national approaches and materials regarding non-legally binding instruments | CAHDI (2025) 3 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 ® |
| - | Drafting Group on non-legally binding instruments (NLBIs) | |
| • | Progress Report on the work of the Drafting Group on NLBIs | CAHDI (2026) 11 |
| • | Methodology for a Best Practices Compendium on NLBIs | CAHDI (2025) 15 |
| - | 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 (2026) 12 ® |
| • | Reactions to reservations and declarations to international treaties previously examined by the CAHDI | CAHDI (2026) 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 | |
| - | Exchange of views with Professor Andreas Zimmermann, President, and Ambassador Marja Lehto, Vice-President of the OSCE Court of Conciliation and Arbitration | |
| - | Exchange of views on the aggression against Ukraine | |
| - | Exchange of views on the Report of the Independent International Panel on Arbitrary Detention in State-to-State Relations | |
| 7.2. | Peaceful settlement of disputes | |
| • | Means of Peaceful Settlement of Disputes | CAHDI (2026) 4 |
| 7.3. | The work of the International Law Commission (ILC) | |
| - | Exchange of views with Mr Andreas D. Mavroyiannis, Chair of the ILC | |
| - | Presentation and discussion on the “Identification and legal consequences of obligations erga omnes in international law” with Professor Asada Masahiko, Member of the ILC | |
| 7.4. | Consideration of current issues of international humanitarian law | |
| 8. | OTHER | |
| 8.1. | Election of the Chair and the Vice-Chair of the CAHDI | CAHDI (2026) 13 |
| 8.2. | Place, date and agenda of the 72nd meeting of the CAHDI: Strasbourg (France), 8-9 April 2027 | |
| 8.3. | Any other business | |
| 8.4. | Adoption of the Abridged Report and closing of the 71st meeting |
