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Page 1 GE.17-12618(E) Human Rights Council Thirty-Sixth Session
United Nations A/HRC/36/17 General Assembly Distr.: General 25 July 2017 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-sixth session 11-29 September 2017 Agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee* Note by the Secretary-General 1. In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, composed of 18 experts serving in their personal capacity and nominated by States Members of the United Nations following States’ consultations with national human rights institutions and civil society organizations, are to be elected by the Council by secret ballot from the list of candidates whose names have been submitted in accordance with the agreed requirements. 2. The geographic distribution of members is as follows: (a) Five from African States; (b) Five from Asia-Pacific States; (c) Two from4 Eastern European States; (d) Three from Latin American and Caribbean States; (e) Three from Western European and other States. 3. At its sixth session, the Human Rights Council adopted decision 6/102 on follow-up to Council resolution 5/1, in which it described the technical and objective requirements for the submission of candidatures, which include: (a) Recognized competence and experience in the field of human rights; (b) High moral standing; (c) Independence and impartiality. 4. When selecting their candidates, States are requested to apply the following guidelines on technical and objective requirements for the submission of their candidates: (a) Competence and experience: (i) Academic studies in the field of human rights or related areas, and/or experience with and exposure to leadership roles in the human rights field at the national, regional or international levels; * The annex to the present document is circulated as received, in the language of submission only. -
General Assembly Distr.: General 26 October 2007 English Original: English/French
United Nations A/C.5/62/INF/1 General Assembly Distr.: General 26 October 2007 English Original: English/French Sixty-second session Fifth Committee Membership of the Fifth Committee Membres de la Cinquième Commission NOTE: Delegations are requested to send their corrections to the following list, in writing, to the Secretary of the Committee, room S-2633, Secretariat building, fax: 212 963 0360. NOTE: Les délégations sont priées d’envoyer leurs corrections à la présente liste, par écrit, au Secrétaire de la Commission, bureau S-2633, bâtiment du Secrétariat, télécopieur: 212 963 0360. Chairman Président H.E. Mr. Hamidon ALI (Malaysia) Vice-Chairmen Vice-présidents Mr. Alejandro TORRES LEPORI Mr. Tomáš MIČÁNEK Mr. Klaus de RIJK (Argentina) (Czech Republic) (Netherlands) Rapporteur Mr. Steven Ssenabulya NKAYIVU (Uganda) Secretariat of the Fifth Committee Secrétariat de la Cinquième Commission Secretary Secrétaire Mr. Movses ABELIAN Acting Deputy Secretary Secrétaire Adjointe Par Intérim Ms. Hannah DAVIES 07-56621 (E) 261007 *0756621* A/C.5/62/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Dr. Zahir TANIN Mr. Shah Mohammad NIAZI Afghanistan Mr. Wahidullah AMIN Mr. Abdul Majied DANISHYAR Albania Mr. Youcef YOUSFI Algeria Mr. Mourad BENMEHIDI Mr. Abdelatif DEBABECHE Andorra Mr. Andreu JORDI Ms. Sabrina PUJOL Mr. Ismael Abraão Mrs. Margarida IZATA Ms. Elsa Christina de Jesus Angola GASPAR MARTINS Mr. Mariano BAPTISA PATACA Antigua and Mr. Conrod HUNTE Mr. Glentis Theopholus Barbuda THOMAS Mr. Alejandro Ms. Claudia CORTI Argentina TORRES LEPORI Mr. Armen MARTIROSYAN Ms. Lilit TOUTKHALIAN Mr. Ara MAGARIAN Armenia Mr. Hrachia TASHCHIAN Ms. Lilit SEROBYAN Australia Ms. Edwina STEVENS Maj. -
Nominated a Notorious Apologist for Dictators and Rapists
United Nations A/HRC/33/3 General Assembly Distr.: General 22 July 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-third session Agenda item 1 Organizational and procedural matters Election of members of the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee Note by the Secretary-General 1. In accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5/1, the Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, composed of 18 experts serving in their personal capacity and nominated by States Members of the United Nations following States’ consultations with national human rights institutions and civil society organizations, are to be elected by the Council by secret ballot from the list of candidates whose names have been submitted in accordance with the agreed requirements. 2. The geographic distribution of members is as follows: (a) Five from African States; (b) Five from Asia-Pacific States; (c) Two from Eastern European States; (d) Three from Latin American and Caribbean States; (e) Three from Western European and other States. 3. At its sixth session, the Human Rights Council adopted decision 6/102 on follow-up to Council resolution 5/1, in which it described the technical and objective requirements for the submission of candidatures, which include: (a) Recognized competence and experience in the field of human rights; (b) High moral standing; (c) Independence and impartiality. 4. When selecting their candidates, States are requested to apply the following guidelines on technical and objective requirements for the submission of their candidates: (a) Competence -
Table of Contents
Table of Contents High court overturns guilty verdict in Kalistratov case Officials in Siberia target married couple with unjust criminal charges Russia regrets proposed ban of Hindu holy text in Siberia One acquittal, but the same day trial of two more begins Russian Court Bans Falun Gong Books, Human Rights Report Russian court rejects ban on Hindu sacred text Jehovah’s Witnesses document over 1,000 incidents of religious intolerance since pivotal court ruling Misuse of anti-extremism legislation against non-Orthodox religions in November 2011 Religious hate websites: a petition against A. Kuzmin and A. Dvorkin with over 13,000 signatures "This isn't about freedom of conscience or censorship" Amnesty International defends Jehovah's Witness Raids on meetings for worship increasing? Russian terror law has unlikely targets Court issues guilty verdict despite lack of evidence Protestant church damaged Orthodox diocese resists Evangelical politician "How can a believer light a match to destroy holy books?" Ministry of Justice proposed amendments to law toughening requirements on religious organizations Russian government tries to prohibit free religious activity OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting "Unfortunately the judge did not agree with the prosecutor" 'Missing' Brazilian found copying holy texts in Siberia "The fantasy of the special services"? Russia’s harassment of Jehovah’s Witnesses continues with police raids in Taganrog Criminal cases against "unknown persons" lodged "to prevent lawyers 'meddling'"? -
List of Participants
United Nations E/2006/INF/1 Economic and Social Council Distr.: General 30 April 2006 English Original: English/French/Spanish Special high-level meeting with the Bretton Woods institutions, the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development New York, 24 April 2006 List of Delegations Liste des Delegations Lista de las Delegaciones President: H.E. Mr. Ali Hachani (Tunisia) Vice-Presidents: H.E. Mr. Mr. Dalius Čekuolis (Lithuania) H.E. Mr. Mr. Léo Mérorès (Haiti) H.E. Mr. Mr. Hjálmar W. Hannesson (Iceland) H.E. Mr. Mr. Prasad Kariyawasam (Sri Lanka) E/2006/INF/1 MEMBERS MEMBRES MIEMBROS COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE ALTERNATES ADVISERS PAYS REPRESENTANT SUPPLEANTS CONSEILLERS PAÍS REPRESENTANTE SUPLENTES CONSEJEROS Albania Mr. Lublin Dilja Ms. Elvina Jusufaj Angola Mr. Ismael A. Gaspar Mr. Tete Antonio Martins Mrs. Isabel Godinho Manuel Mr. Giza Gaspar Martins Armenia Mr. Armen Martirosyan Ms. Dziunik Aghajanian Mr. Hrachia Tashchian Australia Ms. Frances Lisson Ms. Natasha Smith Mr. Dean Bialek Austria Mr. Gerhard Pfanzelter Mr. Thomas Stelzer Mr. Martin Meisel Ms. Hannah Liko Bangladesh Mr. Iftekhar Ahmed Mr. Muhammad Ali Sorcar Chowdhury Mr. Md. Abdul Alim Belgium Mr. Johan Verbeke Mr. Michel Goffin Mr. Marcus Leroy Mr. François Bontemps Mr. Geert Vansintjan Mr. William Roelants de Stappers Brazil Mr. Ronaldo Mota Mr. Piragibe dos Santos Sardenberg Tarragô Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti Ms. Lucia Maria Maierá Mr. Luiz Awazu Pereira Mr. Benedicto Fonseca Filho Mr. Alexandre Mendes Nina Mr. Bruno Saraiva Canada Mr. Bruce Montador Mr. David Morgan Ms. Diana Rivington Ms. Catherine Brown Ms. Milica Uzelac China Mr. Zhang Yishan Ms. -
E Road from Rio Environment and Development Policy Issues in Asia
eRoad romRio Editors Prodipto Ghosh is a Senior Fellow at the Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi. He has a Ph D in Economics and Policy Analysis from the Carnegie- Mellon University (also M Phil in the same field) and a B Tech in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technol- ogy, Delhi. His professional affiliations include the American Economic Association, and the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Washington, DC. He is also an elected Fellow of the Institution of Engineers and Chartered Engineers. He is a member of the Indian Administrative Service since 1969. His research inter- ests include the economic and policy aspects of global environ- mental issues, macroeconomic modelling, energy policy, and technology policy. Akshay Jaitly is a Research Associate at TERI. He has a Masters degree in International Affairs from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University. He has earlier worked for the World Bank, Amnesty International, and the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He has several research papers to his credit in the fields of energy policy, technology policy, and the global environment. He is also the Associate Editor of the Pacific and Asian Journal of Energy. ISBN 81 -85419-02-7 The Road from Rio Environment and Development Policy Issues in Asia Editors Prodipto Ghosh Akshay Jaitly Tata Energy Research Institute New Delhi Tata Energy Research Institute '. N "S$' atEnergy Research Institute, 1993 ISBN 81 - 85419 - 02 - 7 No part of this book can be reproduced in any -
Summit Overview
WORLD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT 2020 TOWARDS 2030 GOALS MAKING THE DECADE COUNT January 29-31, 2020 India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India SUMMIT OVERVIEW i The year 2020 is significant because it marks the completion of 20 years of the Summit series. In its journey since 2001, the platform has become a focal point for global thought leaders and practitioners to congregate and address climatic issues of universal importance. The Summit series has emerged as the premier international event on sustainability which focuses on the global future, but with an eye on the actions in the present which could bend our common future. CONTENTS From the Director General’s Desk ..............................................................................1 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................................... 2 Summit Timeline 2001–2020 .................................................................................... 3 Inaugural Ceremony .................................................................................................... 6 Inaugural Address ......................................................................................................... 8 Sustainable Development Leadership Award ....................................................... 12 Making Words Count ................................................................................................. 14 Youth Climate Conclave ........................................................................................... -
Separate Opinion of Judge Cançado Trindade 135
135 SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE CANÇADO TRINDADE TABLE OF CONTENTS Paragraphs I. PROLEGOMENA 3-7 II. “GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW”: THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE PCIJ/ICJ STATUTE REVISITED 8-16 III. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW AS A FORMAL “SOURCE” OF INTERNATIONAL LAW :THEIR AUTONOMY 17-19 IV. RECOURSE TO PRINCIPLES IN THE CASE LAW OF THE ICJ 20-25 V. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LAW 26-47 1. A lesson from the legislative history of the PCIJ (and ICJ) Statute 26-28 2. Relevant doctrinal developments on general principles of law 29-47 (a) In the PCIJ times 29-36 (b) In the ICJ times 37-47 VI. “GENERAL PRINCIPLES” OF INTERNATIONAL LAW :SCOPE OF APPLICATION RATIONE MATERIAE 48-51 VII. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW 52-96 1. Principle of prevention 54-61 2. Precautionary principle 62-92 (a) Risks 69-73 (b) Scientific uncertainties 74-92 3. The principles of prevention and of precaution together 93-96 VIII. THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY THE CONTENDING PARTIES OF THE PRINCIPLES OF PREVENTION AND OF PRECAUTION 97-113 1. Principle of prevention 100-102 2. Precautionary principle 103-113 IX. THE LONG-TERM TEMPORAL DIMENSION :INTER-GENERATIONAL EQUITY 114-131 X. THE UNDERLYING TEMPORAL DIMENSION :SUSTAINABLE DEVELOP- MENT 132-147 125 136 PULP MILLS (SEP. OP. CANÇADO TRINDADE) 1. The formulation and the implications of sustainable development 132-140 2. The awareness of the contending Parties of the implications of sustainable development 141-147 XI. JUDICIAL DETERMINATION OF THE FACTS 148-151 XII. BEYOND THE INTER-STATE DIMENSION :RELATED ASPECTS 152-190 1. -
Assembly of States Parties Distr.: General 26 March 2009
International Criminal Court ICC-ASP/7/INF.1/Add.2 Assembly of States Parties Distr.: General 26 March 2009 Original: English/French/Spanish Seventh session (second resumption) New York 9-13 February 2009 Delegations to the second resumption of the seventh session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court New York, 9-13 February 2009 Délégations présentes à la deuxième reprise de la septième session de l’Assemblée des États Parties au Statut de Rome de la Cour pénale internationale New York, 9-13 février 2009 Delegaciones asistentes a la segunda continuación del septimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea de los Estados Partes en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional Nueva York, 9-13 de febrero de 2009 ASP-09-0506 ICC-ASP/7/INF.1/Add.2 Page 2 Contents/ Table des matières/ Índice Page I. States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court/ 3 États Parties au Statut de Rome de la Cour pénale internationale/ Estados Partes en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional II. Observer States/ 37 États observateurs/ Estados observadores III. States invited to be present during the work of the Assembly/ 48 Les États invités à se faire représenter aux travaux de l’Assemblée/ Los Estados invitados a que asistieran a los trabajos de la Asamblea IV. Entities, intergovernmental organizations and other entities/ 50 Entités, organisations intergouvernementales et autres entités/ Entidades, organizaciones intergubernamentales y otras entidades V. Non-governmental organizations/ 51 Organisations non gouvernementales/ Organizaciones no gubernamentales ICC-ASP/7/INF.1/Add.2 Page 3 I. -
General Assembly Distr.: General 21 November 2005 English Original: English/French
United Nations A/C.5/60/INF/1 General Assembly Distr.: General 21 November 2005 English Original: English/French Sixtieth session Fifth Committee Membership of the Fifth Committee Membres de la Cinquième Commission NOTE: Delegations are requested to send their corrections to the following list, in writing, to the Secretary of the Committee, room S-2633, Secretariat building, fax: 212 963 0360. NOTE: Les délégations sont priées d’envoyer leurs corrections à la présente liste, par écrit, au Secrétaire de la Commission, bureau S-2633, bâtiment du Secrétariat, télécopieur: 212 963 0360. Chairman Président H.E. Mr. John William ASHE (Antigua and Barbuda) Vice-Chairmen Vice-présidents Mr. Dariusz MAŃCZYK Mr. Muhammad MUHITH Mr. Eric Franck SAIZONOU (Poland) (Bangladesh) (Benin) Rapporteur Ms. Katja PEHRMAN (Finland) Secretariat of the Fifth Committee Secrétariat de la Cinquième Commission Secretary Secrétaire Mr. Movses ABELIAN Deputy Secretaries Secrétaires Adjointes Ms. Nora BENARY Ms. Helene THORUP-HAYES 05-62193 (E) 011205 *0562193* A/C.5/60/INF/1 COUNTRY | PAYS REPRESENTATIVE | REPRESENTANT ALTERNATES | SUPPLÉANTS ADVISERS | CONSEILLERS Mr. Ravan FARHADI Afghanistan Mr. Youssof GHAFOORZAI Mr. Seyar ZAFAR Albania M. Mourad BENMEHIDI Algeria M.. Abdallah BAALI M. Abdelatif DEBABECHE Andorra Ms. Jelena PIÀ-COMELLA Angola Antigua and Mr. Glentis THOMAS Barbuda Sr. Alejandro TORRES Argentina LEPORI Armenia Australia Ms. Edwina STEVENS Mr. Peter STONE Austria Mr. Enno DROFENIK Mr. Markus WEIDINGER Mr. Surkhay SHUKUROV Azerbaijan Mr. Yashar ALIYEV Mr. Farid DAMIRLI Bahamas Mrs. Paulette BETHEL Mr. Frank DAVIS Bahrain Mr. Hameed AL SAFFAR Mr. Ebrahim AAMER Mr. Iftekhar Mr. Muhammad Abdul Bangladesh AHMED CHOWDHURY MUHITH Mr. Charles Chesterfield Barbados Mr.