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CM(2000)53 6 April 2000
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707 Meeting, 26 April 2000
4 Human Rights

4.2 Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH)

Extraordinary meeting (Strasbourg, 9-10 March 2000) concerning Draft Protocol No. 12 (non-discrimination) to the European Convention on Human Rights - Final activity report


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List of items discussed and decisions taken

Introduction

1. The Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) held an extraordinary meeting in the Human Rights Building in Strasbourg from 9-10 March 2000, with Mr Guido RAIMONDI (Italy) in the Chair. The participants are listed in Appendix I. The agenda, as adopted, is reproduced in Appendix II.

2. At this meeting, the CDDH, in particular:

i. concerning the drafting of an additional draft Protocol N° 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights broadening, in a general fashion, the field of application of Article 14 and containing a non-exhaustive list of discrimination grounds, as well as its draft Explanatory Report :

- examined the opinions submitted by the Court and the Parliamentary Assembly on the subject;

- examined and adopted the draft Protocol and draft Explanatory Memorandum (see CM(2000)53 Addendum);

- decided to transmit draft Protocol N° 12 to the Committee of Ministers for consideration of its adoption and opening for signature, as well as the text of its Explanatory Report, and to request the Committee of Ministers to authorise its publication;

ii. continued preparatory work on both the substantive issues and organisational aspects of the European Ministerial Conference on Human Rights (Rome, 3-4 November 2000).

 

Appendix I

LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS / LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

 

ALBANIA / ALBANIE : Apologised/excusé

ANDORRA / ANDORRE: Mlle Maria UBACH, Représentante Permanente adjointe

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE: Ms Ingrid SIESS-SCHERZ, Head of Division for International Affairs and General Administrative Affairs, Federal Chancellery, Constitutional Service

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE: M. Jan LATHOUWERS, Chef de Service, Ministère de la Justice , Direction générale de la législation pénale et des droits de l'homme, Service des Droits de l’Homme

BULGARIA / BULGARIE: Mr Andrey TEHOV, Acting Director of Human Rights, Directorate of Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ms Ludmila BOJKOVA, Chargé d'Affaires, Permanent Representation of Bulgaria to the Council of Europe

CROATIA / CROATIE: Ms Ivana GORANIC, Deputy Head of Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

CYPRUS / CHYPRE: Mr Petros CLERIDES, Attorney for the Republic, The Law Office of the Republic of Cyprus

CZECH REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE TCHEQUE: Mr Martin BOUCEK, Deputy to the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic

DENMARK / DANEMARK: Mr Jon Fridrik KJØLBRO, Head of Section, Ministry of Justice, Law Department

ESTONIA / ESTONIE: Mrs Dea HANNUST, Director of Division of International Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

FINLAND / FINLANDE: Mr Arto KOSONEN, Director, Co-Agent for the Government, Legal Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

FRANCE / FRANCE: Mme Michèle DUBROCARD, Sous-Directrice des Droits de l'Homme, Direction des affaires juridiques, Ministère des affaires étrangères

GEORGIA / GEORGIE: Mr Mamuka JGENTI, Head, Council of Europe and Human Rights Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE: Mr Karlheinz STÖHR, Ministerialrat, Head of Division, Permanent Deputy of the Agent for Human Rights, Bundesministerium der Justiz

GREECE / GRECE: Mr Emmanuel ROUCOUNAS, Professor, Academy of Athens

HUNGARY / HONGRIE: Mr Lipot HÖLTZL, Deputy Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice

ICELAND / ISLANDE: Ms Björg THORARENSEN, Director of Police and Judicial Affairs, Ministry of Justice

IRELAND/IRLANDE: Mr James GAWLEY, Legal Adviser to the Council of Europe and Human Rights sections, Department of Foreign Affairs

ITALY / ITALIE: M. Guido RAIMONDI (Président du CDDH), Parquet général , Cour de Cassation, Palais de Justice / M. Pietro MARTELLO, Juge de Cour d'Appel

LATVIA / LETTONIE : Ms Kristine MALINOVSKA ; Director of Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

LIECHTENSTEIN: Apologised/Excusé

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE: Mr Andrius NAMAVICIUS, Head of Sub-Division, Legal International Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

LUXEMBOURG: Mme Brigitte KONZ, Vice-présidente du tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg

MALTA / MALTE: Mr Geoffrey VALENZIA, Judge, Law Courts

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA / REPUBLIQUE DE MOLDOVA: Mr Alexandru CODREANU, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Moldova to the Council of Europe / Mr Oleg UNGUREANU, Director of the General Department for European Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS: Mr Herman VON HEBEL, Legal Counsel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

NORWAY / NORVEGE: Ms Tonje MEINICH, Legal Adviser, Legislation Department, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice

POLAND / POLOGNE: Mr Krzysztof DRZEWICKI, Minister Counsellor, Government Agent before the European Court of Human Rights, Deputy Permanent of the Representative of Poland to the Council of Europe / Mr Andrzey KALINSKI, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Ms Renata KOWALSKA, Legal Adviser

PORTUGAL: M. Antonio HENRIQUES GASPAR, Procureur Général adjoint, Procuradoria Geral da Republica

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE : Mme Brandusa PREDESCU, Directrice, Direction Conseil de l'Europe et Droits de l'Homme, Ministère des affaires étrangères

RUSSIAN FEDERATION / FEDERATION DE RUSSIE: Mr Teimuraz RAMISHVILI, Head, Department of International Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

SAN MARINO / SAINT-MARIN:

SLOVAK REPUBLIC / REPUBLIQUE SLOVAQUE: Mme Barbara ILLKOVÁ, Directrice, Département des Droits de l'Homme

SLOVENIA / SLOVENIE: Ms Milena SMIT, Deputy Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the Council of Europe

SPAIN / ESPAGNE: M. Francisco Javier BORREGO BORREGO, Avocat d’Etat, Sous-Directeur Général, Chef du service juridique des Droits de l’Homme, Ministère de la Justice

SWEDEN / SUEDE: Ms Eva JAGANDER, Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs / Ms Inger KALMERBORN, Deputy Director, Ministry for Foreign Affairs

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE: M. Philippe BOILLAT, Sous-Directeur, Division des affaires internationales, Office fédéral de la justice / M. Alain-Denis HENCHOZ, Chef de la Section des droits de l’homme et du droit humanitaire, Direction du droit international public, Département fédéral des affaires étrangères

"THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA" / "L'EX-RÉPUBLIQUE YOUGOSLAVE DE MACÉDOINE": Mr Zoran TODOROV, Third Secretary, Human Rights Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TURKEY / TURQUIE: Mme Deniz AKÇAY, Adjoint au Représentant permanent de la Turquie auprès du Conseil de l'Europe

UKRAINE: Ms Larysa MYRONENKO, Head of the OSCE and Council of Europe Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI: Mr Martin EATON, Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY / ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION / COMMISSION EUROPEENNE

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OBSERVERS / OBSERVATEURS

HOLY SEE / SAINT-SIEGE: M. Giorgio FILIBECK, Conseil Pontifical "Justice et Paix"

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE

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CANADA

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JAPAN / JAPON: Mr Yoshihide ASAKURA, Consul of Japan / Mr Pierre DREYFUS, Assistant, General Consulate of Japan / Mr Kaoru OBATA, Associate Professor of International Law (Nagoya University) and Attaché at the Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands

MEXICO / MEXIQUE: Mr Alejandro GARCIA MORENO, Deputy Observer of Mexico to the Council of Europe

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REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA / REPUBLIQUE D'ARMENIE: Mr Vahram KAZHOYAN, Director, Department of International Organizations and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN: Mr Gunesh RUSTAM-ZADEH, Third Secretary, Treaty and Legal Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

REPUBLIC OF BELARUS / REPUBLIQUE DE BELARUS : Mr Stanislav OGURTSOV, Head of the Department of Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / FEDERATION DE BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE: Mr Ivan MISIC, Head of UN and international organisations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR-OSCE) / Bureau des institutions démocratiques et des droits de l'homme (BIDDH-OSCE)

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Amnesty International

Apologised/Excusé

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International Commission of Jurists / Commission Internationale de Juristes: Ms Nathalie PROUVEZ, Legal Officer for Europe

International Federation of Human Rights / Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l’Homme:

M. Pierre BOULAY, Représentant de la FIDH auprès du Conseil de l'Europe

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SECRETARIAT

Directorate General of Human Rights - DG II / Direction Générale des Droits de l'Homme - DG II

M. Pierre-Henri IMBERT, Director General of Human Rights/Directeur Général des Droits de l'Homme

Mr Jeroen SCHOKKENBROEK, Head of the Human Rights Law and Policy Development Division/Chef de la Division du développement du droit et de la politique des droits de l'homme / M. Alfonso DE SALAS, Head of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Unit/Chef de l'Unité de la coopération intergouvernementale, Secretary of the Committee/Secrétaire du Comité / Mrs Katherine ANDERSON-SCHOLL, Administrative Assistant/Assistante administrative / Mme Michèle COGNARD, Administrative Assistant /Assistante administrative

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Interpreters/interprètes

Mle Rebecca EDGINGTON / Mr Philippe QUAINE / Mme Marianne HUMMEL / Mr Didier JUNGLING

 

Appendix II

AGENDA

 

Items 1 and 2: Opening of the meeting, adoption of the agenda and order of business
Item 3: Drafting of an additional protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) broadening, in a general
fashion, the field of application of Article 14 (non-discrimination)
Item 4: Organisation of the European Ministerial Conference on Human Rights (Rome, 3-4 November 2000) on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights
a. Substantive issues
b. Organisational aspects
Item 5 : Other business
- Information on activities that may be conducted to markt
- he 50th anniversary of the ECHR (4 November 2000)
- DH-MIN
- DH-S-AC

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