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Mr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI
Statement of Mr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI, at the 1513rd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 27 November 2024
The Chair of the CAHDI, Mr Helmut TICHY, held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on 27 November 2024. He provided the Ministers’ Deputies with an overview of the CAHDI’s activities during the past year as well as with an outlook on the priorities for its future work. The full...
Second practitioners’ workshop on Non-Legally Binding Instruments in International Law
Non-Legally Binding Instruments in International Law
A Second practitioners’ workshop on Non-Legally Binding Instruments in International Law was held on the margins of the 67th CAHDI meeting, in Vienna, on 18 September 2024. See more on the dedicated page of the workshop.
Ms Kerli VESKI, Vice-Chair of the CAHDI, Strasbourg, 15 May 2024
Presentation by Ms Kerli VESKI at the meeting of the Drafting Group on the Eradication of Impunity for Serious Human Rights Violations (CDDH-ELI)
Ms Kerli Veski, Vice-Chair of the CAHDI, held an exchange of views on the issue of impunity for serious human rights violations with the Drafting Group on the eradication of impunity for serious human rights violations (CDDH-ELI), on the occasion of their first meeting , on Wednesday 15 May 2024,...
Seminar on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine
What role for regional organisations such as the Council of Europe?
A seminar on the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine was held on the margins of the 66th CAHDI meeting, in Strasbourg, on 10 April 2024. See more on the dedicated page of the Seminar.
Mr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI
Statement of Mr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI, at the 1482nd meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies on 29 November 2023
The Chair of the CAHDI, Mr Helmut TICHY, held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on 29 November 2023. He provided the Ministers’ Deputies with an overview of the CAHDI’s activities during the past year as well as with an outlook on the priorities for its future work as...
Mr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ, Director of Legal advice and Public international law (DLAPIL) of the Council of Europe
74th Session of ILC - Mr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ
Mr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ, Legal Adviser and Director of DLAPIL, held an exchange of views with the International Law Commission on the occasion of its 74th Session, in Geneva, on 13 July 2023. The full version of the presentation of Mr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ is available at the following link.
Mr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI
74th Session of ILC - Mr Helmut TICHY
Mr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI, presented the CAHDI’s activities at the 74th Session of the International Law Commission. The full version of the presentation of Mr Helmut TICHY is available at the following link.
Statement of Ms Alina OROSAN, Chair of the CAHDI, at the 1449th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies on 23 November 2022
The Chair of the CAHDI, Ms Alina OROSAN, held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on 23 November 2022. She provided the Ministers’ Deputies with an overview of the CAHDI’s activities during the past year as well as with an outlook on the priorities for its future work as...
The CAHDI Contribution to the development of International Law
Interactive dialogue on the Role of Regional and International Codification Bodies in the Development of International Law
The Center for International Law and Policy in Africa (CILPA), in collaboration with the Office of Legal Counsel of the African Union Commission, invited Ms Alina OROSAN, Chair of the CAHDI, to participate to an interactive dialogue exploring the Role of Regional and International Codification...
The CAHDI Chair participated at the 59th Annual Session of the AALCO
The Chair of the CAHDI, Ms Alina Orosan, participated as an Observer at the 59th Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), which took place, in hybrid format, in Hong Kong, the People’s Republic of China, on 29 November – 1 December 2021. Ms Orosan made a...
Statement of Ms Alina OROSAN, Chair of the CAHDI, at the 1416th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies on 3 November 2021
The Chair of the CAHDI, Ms Alina OROSAN, held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on 3 November 2021. She provided the Ministers’ Deputies with an overview of the CAHDI’s activities during the past year as well as with an outlook on the priorities for its future work as...
Statement of Mr Petr VÁLEK, Chair of the CAHDI, at the 1391th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies on 8 December 2020
The Chair of the CAHDI, Mr Petr VÁLEK, held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on 8 December 2020. He provided them an overview on the contribution of the CAHDI to the Council of Europe activities as well as the CAHDI contribution beyond the Council of Europe and its liaison...
CAHDI Side-Event during UNGA Sixth Committee: “The CAHDI Contribution to the International Law Practice”
On 31 October 2019, the Permanent Mission of the Czech Republic to the United Nations in New York and the Council of Europe Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) organised a side-event in the framework of the “International Law Week” of the UNGA Sixth Committee at the...
The CAHDI Chair participated at the 58th Annual Session of the AALCO
The Chair of the CAHDI, Mr Petr Válek, participated as an Observer at the Fifty-Eighth Annual Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), which took place in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania, on 21-25 October 2019. The CAHDI Chair made a statement during the...
Statement of Mr. Pavel Šturma, Chair of the International Law Commission (ILC), at the 58th meeting of the CAHDI
Mr Pavel Šturma provided the CAHDI experts with an overview of the Report of the 71st session (2019) of the International Law Commission. In this respect, he reviewed the different topics under consideration by the ILC, as well as their respective progress, in particular concerning the...
Presentation of the new CAHDI publication “Immunities of Special Missions” by Sir Michael WOOD and Mr Andrew SANGER, during the 58th meeting of the CAHDI
Sir Michael Wood, member of the United Nations International Law Commission (ILC) and former Chair of the CAHDI, together with Mr Andrew Sanger, Lecturer of the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge, prepared an analytical report on legislation and practice of member States of the Council...
Statement of Mr Petr VÁLEK, Chair of the CAHDI, at the 1349th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies on 12th June 2019
The Chair of the CAHDI, Mr Petr VÁLEK, held an exchange of views with the Committee of Ministers on the 12th June 2019. He provided them an overview on the contribution of the CAHDI to the Council of Europe activities as well as the CAHDI contribution beyond the Council of Europe and its liaison...
Statement of Mr Petr VÁLEK Chair of the CAHDI, at the 71st Session of the International Law Commission on 31 May 2019
The Chair of the CAHDI, Mr Petr VÁLEK, held an exchange of views with the International Law Commission (ILC) on the 31st of May 2019. The full version of the presentation is available at the following link.
Special guest
Presentation of Ambassador Emil Ruffer, Chair of the Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Group on Legal Co-operation (GR-J), Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe
Ambassador Ruffer provided the CAHDI with an overview of the role and work of the Committee of Ministers’ Rapporteur Groups, in particular the one on Legal Co-operation (GR-J), which he chairs. He further presented the interaction between the work of the CAHDI and the GR-J, which reviews the...
Special guest
Presentation of Judge Ivana Hrdličková, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), during the 57th meeting of the CAHDI
The President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), Judge Ivana Hrdličková, provided the CAHDI experts with an overview of the role and functioning of the STL, as well as the main challenges faced by it. In her presentation, Judge Hrdličková recalled the historical background in which this...
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