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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: Professor Helmut AUST, Free University of Berlin

The growing use of non-legally binding instruments and their potentially profound implications for the future of the international legal system

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.

Intervention 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

Intervention by Michael WAIBEL

  • Experience of UNODC

Mr Stéphane Wohlfahrt, Senior Legal Adviser, Office of the Director-General of UNOV and Executive Director of UNODC

Intervention by Stéphane Wohlfahrt

  • Presentation of the ongoing work by the ILC on “non-legally binding international agreements”

Professor Mathias FORTEAU, University of Paris Nanterre, ILC

Intervention 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

Intervention 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
  • Closing remarks

Dr Helmut TICHY, Chair of the CAHDI, Austria

Closing remarks by Helmut TICHY