CAHDI
{{Short description|Committee of the Council of Europe}}
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CAHDI, formally the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law,[http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/Public_international_law/ CAHDI website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306111018/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/Public_international_law/ |date=6 March 2008 }} is a committee of the Council of Europe.
It is an intergovernmental committee bringing together the legal advisers of the 47 member states of the council as well as those of observer states and organisations.{{cite book |title=Central and South-Eastern Europe 2003 |last=Bell |first=Imogen |year=2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=1-85743-136-7 |page=720 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CrpzRJCbckC&q=CAHDI+%2B%22council+of+Europe%22&pg=PA720 }}{{cite book |title=European Yearbook 2000 |last=Rosenstiel |first=Francis |author2=Lejard-Boutsavath, Edith |author3=Martz, Jean-Jacques |year=2002 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |isbn=90-411-1844-6 |page=76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sFo33dJcyxcC&q=CAHDI+%2B%22council+of+Europe%22&pg=RA4-PA76-IA1 }}
CAHDI meets twice a year.
The committee has examined a number of issues, including state succession and questions of recognition,State Practice Regarding State Succession and Issues of Recognition, 1999, {{ISBN|90-411-1203-0}} state immunity[http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co%2Doperation/public_international_law/State_Immunities/default.asp#TopOfPage State Immunities Database with related country profiles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119080357/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/public_international_law/State_Immunities/default.asp |date=19 January 2008 }}State Practice regarding State Immunities, Gerhard Hafner, Marcelo G. Kohen and Susan Breau, 2006, {{ISBN|90-04-15073-0}}
and developments regarding the international criminal tribunals and the International Criminal Court.[https://web.archive.org/web/20081205162100/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/public_international_law/International%20Courts%20and%20Tribunals.asp International Courts and Tribunals]
History
The Committee met for the first time on 8 and 9 April 1991. It is the successor to the Council of Europe's Committee of Experts on International Law.{{cite book
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Stated aims
- Develop the role of public international law and bring national viewpoints closer together
- Share experience and practice through exchanges of views on topical issuesFor example: Implications of the European Convention on Human Rights for the development of public international law, 2000, {{ISBN|92-871-4290-4}} and Treaty Making – Expression of Consent by States to be Bound by a Treaty, 2001, {{ISBN|90-411-1692-3}}
- Create a framework for international co-operation, and so strengthen the role and influence the development of public international law by bringing legal advisers together to pool their experience[http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co%2Doperation/public_international_law/Office_of_Legal_Affairs/default.asp#TopOfPage Organisation and functions of the Office of Legal Adviser in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119055235/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/public_international_law/Office_of_Legal_Affairs/default.asp |date=19 January 2008 }}
- Monitor the work done by other international bodies in its areas of competence, and help member states to adopt common standpoints.
Relevant texts
There are multiple texts which are relevant for the work of CAHDI, including European treaties, for instance the European Convention for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes,[http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=023&CM=8&DF=10/4/2006&CL=ENG ETS 023]. Conventions.coe.int. Retrieved on 3 January 2012. the European Convention on Consular Functions,[http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=061&CM=8&DF=10/4/2006&CL=ENG ETS 061]. Conventions.coe.int. Retrieved on 3 January 2012. the Protocol concerning the Protection of Refugees,[http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=061A&CM=8&DF=10/4/2006&CL=ENG ETS 061A]. Conventions.coe.int (4 October 2006). Retrieved on 3 January 2012. the Protocol relating to Consular Functions in respect of Civil Aircraft,[http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=061B&CM=8&DF=10/4/2006&CL=ENG ETS 061B]. Conventions.coe.int (4 October 2006). Retrieved on 3 January 2012. the European Convention on the Abolition of Legalisation of Documents executed by Diplomatic Agents or Consular Officers,[http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=063&CM=8&DF=10/4/2006&CL=ENG ETS 063]. Conventions.coe.int. Retrieved on 3 January 2012. the European Convention on State Immunity[http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=074&CM=8&DF=10/4/2006&CL=ENG ETS 074]. Conventions.coe.int. Retrieved on 3 January 2012. and its Additional Protocol[http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=074A&CM=8&DF=10/4/2006&CL=ENG ETS 074A]. Conventions.coe.int. Retrieved on 3 January 2012. and Resolutions and Recommendations of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, like Resolution (64) 10 concerning the publication of digests of State practice in the field of public international law[http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co%2Doperation/public_international_law/texts_%26_documents/Resolution%20(64)%2010.asp#TopOfPage Resolution (64) 10] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050619032744/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/public_international_law/texts_%26_documents/Resolution%20%2864%29%2010.asp |date=19 June 2005 }} or Resolution (68) 17 concerning a model plan for the classification of documents concerning State practice in the field of public international law.[http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co%2Doperation/public_international_law/texts_%26_documents/Resolution%20(68)%2017.asp#TopOfPage Resolution (68) 17] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050619032716/http://www.coe.int/t/e/legal_affairs/legal_co-operation/public_international_law/texts_%26_documents/Resolution%20%2868%29%2017.asp |date=19 June 2005 }}