Second practitioners’ workshop on Non-Legally Binding Instruments in International Law
Opening and welcome
Dr Konrad BÜHLER, Director General and Legal Adviser, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria) and Dr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law, Council of Europe
Statement by Konrad BÜHLER
Statement by Jörg POLAKIEWICZ
Keynote speech: The growing use of non-legally binding instruments and their potentially profound implications for the future of the international legal system
Professor Helmut AUST, Free University of Berlin
Keynote speech by Helmut AUST
Panel I – Exchange on “good” or “bad” practices between practitioners
Moderator: Ms Kerli VESKI, Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (Vice-Chair of the CAHDI)
- ’Good’ or ‘bad’ practices on the types of provisions, terminology or blocks of text of non-legally binding instruments
Mr Jeremy HILL, Specialist Treaty Lawyer, former diplomat and legal adviser, now consultant to the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Presentation and statement by Jeremy HILL
Dr Charlotte PIVETEAU, Human Rights Adviser, Office of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights.
Observations by Charlotte PIVETEAU
Panel II – Practical examples of potential indirect legal effects of non-legally binding instruments
Moderator: Ms Kaija SUVANTO, Director General for Legal Affairs, Legal Service, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
- Potential indirect legal effects of non-legally binding instruments
Professor Michael WAIBEL, University of Vienna
Presentation and statement by Michael WAIBEL
Presentation of the ongoing work by the ILC on “non-legally binding international agreements”
Professor Mathias FORTEAU, University of Paris Nanterre, ILC
Statement by Mathias FORTEAU
Panel III – Discussion on practical experiences that states have encountered regarding the possible “circumvention” of treaty procedures and good practices of risk mitigation
Moderator: Dr Jörg POLAKIEWICZ, Director of Legal Advice and Public International Law, Council of Europe
- Possible “circumvention” of treaty procedures on the national level or on the international level
Professor Oona HATHAWAY, Yale Law School
Presentation and statement by Oona HATHAWAY
Concluding session – Usefulness and appropriateness of a potential model text for non-legally binding instruments, guidelines, compilation of good practices or a glossary
- Presentation of different possible outputs
Presentation and statement by the Secretariat
- Concluding remarks
Dr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI, Austria
Concluding remarks by Helmut TICHY